The Most Encouraging Words I Could Say

I was thinking the other day about how much healing there is in a hug.  I was a little apprehensive about seeing someone who had at one time been such an important part of my life, but whom I had lost contact with for many years.  When she saw me, she hugged me so tightly that all the apprehension immediately melted away.  I knew at that moment that I was still loved and that our relationship was still alive and safe.

There is a song written by David Crowder that expresses this same sense of healing.  If you are in need of a hug today, as you read these words, may you feel the arms of Jesus around you so tightly that there is no doubt that you are truly loved and safe with Him.

How He Loves

He is jealous for me, Loves 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.

And oh, how He loves us oh

Oh how He loves us,

How He loves us all

And we are His portion and He is our prize,

Drawn to redemption by the grace in His eyes,

If His grace is an ocean, we’re all sinking.

And heaven meets earth like an unforeseen 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…

That He loves us,

Oh how He loves us,

Oh how He loves us,

Oh how He loves.