If you're a fan of downloading singles from iTunes, like me, I suggest starting out with his song, "For the Love of God," from the "Far Country" album. To me, this song is SO beautiful with its mellow harmony of guitars and its simple message of love.
My favorite line is toward the end when it says,
"Now love is not a feeling in your chest,
It is bending down to wash another's feet,
It is faithful when the sun is in the West,
And in the East.
It can hurt you as it holds you,
In it's overwhelming flood,
Till only the unshakeable is left,
This new command I give you, He said,
Love as I have loved,
So Brother love her better than yourself,
And give her your heart....
For the love of God
In the name of Jesus,
The Groom who gave His life to love His Bride."
Can you think of any more beautiful lyrics?? This about does it for me every time I hear it...tears, I mean. I admit that I fall way short of loving Becky the way I'm called to love her. How often have I come home from work and not shown her or my daughters the kind of selfless love that "bends down to wash their feet," or lend a helping hand. I have a long way to go, and I pray that God will help me grow in the way I show selfless love to them.
When I think of faithful love in my life, 3 people immediately come to mind:
- My parents
- Rebecca
- Jesus
Of course, Jesus' love is perfect. He is the Groom that loved so deeply that He died for you and me. Even while we were His enemies, He died for us! Thank God that we who believe are called His Bride, soon to be presented spotless and white before Him for all eternity...an eternity of perfect love and communion with the One who knows us better than we know ourselves - the Lover of our souls!
3 comments:
How blessed I am to be your wife! I love you so much! : )
As God sometimes has a way of doing, I just read Oswald Chambers, My Utmost for His Highest for today, and it went perfectly with your post. He puts it this way, "The love of God pays no attention to the distinctions made by natural individuality. If I love my Lord I have no business to be guided by natural temperament; I have to feed His sheep. There is no relief and no release from this commission. Beware of counterfeiting the love of God by working along the line of natural human sympathy, because that will end in blaspheming the love of God." Wow! "I have not business to be guided by natural temperament". How often I let my feelings, good and bad, dictate my responses to others and that is just simply not the "love of God". As I go into my day, with a sick child on my lap, I see that His love is all I need both for me and through me.
http://www.myutmost.org/03/0303.html
Here is one of my rare forays into the world of blogdom. I guess I am still more inclined toward the pursasions of the shortwave radio and telephone. But back to the subject at hand. A while back I and fellow employees were in a team building meeting where we were asked to talk about our core values. One question was what legacy we wanted to leave when we departed this earth. My answer was that I had already left my legacy, and that legacy was that my children know Jesus Christ. Thanks for your post because it reminds me of how my kids, Matt and Andrea, have accepted Christ and strive to live in faith each day. I thank God every day that you know the Lord. What more can a father ask for? Now back to the shortwave radio.
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