What love!

Ok, at this point can I say that I feel like I’ve never read Romans before? I’ve read it many times before, but the ENTIRE book seems like it is new to me. God is so good to speak and reveal Himself…what love! Enough of that though, got to get to the latest musings…


Romans 8:33-34: Selah…that’s Hebrew for “Stop, pause, meditate, let the enormity of what was just said sink in.” And after reading these verses, that is so what you have to do! Because the One with the right, the One who deserves to judge, condemn, forsake and destroy me has raised me up on the same level as His Son, so I am His son as well. And Jesus doesn’t forsake me, but is next to God pleading for my miserable soul. He loves me more than I think I’m worth. Me, the lustful, gluttonous, sluggard of a soul that He pleads for with His blood in front of the Father, our King.

What’s greater than love? What’s the word for the next level of love? Because whatever it is, that is what God is showing me. I obviously have no concept of love, because the love I see now is a pale reflection due to the fall. Jesus loves me. He thinks I’m worth pleading to the Judge for. God help me to accept this kind of love…because my mind wants to reject the notion that anyone would or could love me that way. And yet it is the truth! No wonder Jesus said, “And you shall know the truth, and it will set you free.” Wow. Makes me feel like Tom Cruise shouting, “I want the truth!” And God replies, “You can’t handle the truth, but it will save you anyway.” Brian Littrell puts it this way in his song “Over My Head”:

I’m in over my head, right where I want to be, lost in your love.

 Gotta tell you, it’s a pretty good place to be!