I know it's been a while and I hope you'll forgive me, but I've been letting this one brew a bit and I think I'm finally ready to put it down on paper, eh, computer as the case may be. A few months ago at Encounter(a worship service for young adults my church hosts) we sang this song: "How He loves" - By David Crowder I have posted the lyrics, go ahead and read them and then I wanna peel them apart a bit.
He is jealous for me
Love's like a hurricane,
I am a tree
Bending beneath the weight of
His wind and mercy
When all of a sudden, I am unaware of these afflictions eclipsed by glory
and I realize just how beautiful You are and how great your affections are for me.
Oh, how He loves us so
Oh, how He loves us
How He loves us so.
(x2)
Yeah, He loves us
Oh, how He loves us
Oh, how He loves us
Oh, how He loves.
(x2)
We are His portion and
He is our prize,
Drawn to redemption
by the grace in His eyes
If grace is an ocean, we're all sinking
So heaven meets earth like a sloppy wet kiss and my heart turns
violently inside of my chest
I don't have time to maintain these regrets when I think about the way
He loves us,
Oh, how He loves us
Oh, how He loves us
OH, how He loves
(x2)
Yeah, He loves us
Oh, how He loves us
Whoa, how He loves us
Whoa, how He loves.
Yeah, He loves us
He loves us
He loves us
He loves.
Yeah, He loves us
Whoa, how He loves us
Whoa, how He loves us
Whoa, how He loves
He loves us,
Whoa, how He loves us
Whoa, how He loves us
Whoa, how He loves
Okay, good song, huh, I like it and it really pushes home the love that Jesus has for us. He laid down His life for us in the most extreme show of love. The line I want to focus on though is "I don't have time to maintain these regrets when I think about the way He loves us, " The reason I want to focus on this one is because we all have regrets, and I don't want to be ruled by them. Lets look at a few of the words,
main·tain
verb (used with object)
1.
to keep in existence or continuance; preserve; retain: to maintain good relations with neighboring countries.
To keep in existence, to keep, to preserve, when I think of preserving something, I think of countless hours
working on it, making sure it is just right. I think of the work that goes into planting a garden, the work, the
time. Next, let's look at regrets.
re·gret
verb (used with object)
1.
to feel sorrow or remorse for (an act, fault, disappointment,etc.): He no sooner spoke than he regretted it.
2.
to think of with a sense of loss: to regret one's vanishedyouth.
noun
3.
a sense of loss, disappointment, dissatisfaction, etc.
4.
a feeling of sorrow or remorse for a fault, act, loss,disappointment, etc.
To feel sorrow, remorse, So if we combine them, we preserve sorrow, we keep remorse. We willingly let ourselves carry baggage. Why? The song is right, I don't have time to preserve sorrow or remorse, to keep it, that is work, why would I spend so much energy and time to feel bad? I don't know about you, but I have better things to do, I have better ways to spend my time. I have been redeemed and forgiven, I have been trying to carry regrets that my Daddy already paid for and washed away. I don't want to cultivate a garden of sorrow when my Daddy has given me a priceless gift. He gave me my life, and I can't serve Him if I am too busy pruning my rose bush of sorrow. I am dropping the regrets I hold so tightly in my hands, and allowing my hands to be open to receive the gifts and adventures that Daddy is holding out to me. He has an amazingly, fantastic, overwhelming plan for you. Drop the regrets and run to your Daddy, He's waiting!
Love Jordan
