What a Crazy Deal

Due to my lack of organization and foresight, I ended up spending a fair amount of time in my little car, Santa Maria, last weekend. Thank God (and Jordan) for my mp3 transmitter! I always find it amazing that I can listen to a song twenty times and never catch the meaning until the twenty-first. That's how it was with this song.

Okay, so these words made me speechless! I keep coming back to "I'll supply your every lack and need". So simple, yet so true. So much of my day can be spent with rushing around or the opposite--procrastination. I always seem to forget to remember to rely on God for the little things. Then, of course, there's this line: "Don’t you know/I crossed the line it's true/When I left my throne behind for you/I gave it all for you". Well, then. So, the God of the Universe left heaven for me and--knowing who I was/am/will be--said, "I will ransom them from the power of the grave; I will redeem them from death..." (Hosea 13:14). And I'm valuable?! Crazy.

Maybe that's why Paul said, "But God chose the foolish things of the world to shame the wise; God chose the weak things of the world to shame the strong." I've always thought that it is difficult to look at God's love for us and not see it as backwards. We're so used to searching for love and trying to connect with others. But here is what David learned about God: "All the days ordained for me were written in your book before one of them came to be" and "...I have trusted in your steadfast love; my heart shall rejoice in your salvation."

So, here's how I see it:

• God knew me before I was born.
• He saw all the ungodly (a.k.a. things God would not do or be pleased with) things I would ever think, say, or do.
• He loved me anyway.
• He acted on that love in the only way that could allow Him and I to be together forever.

How does that make me feel? Well, for lack of a better word, psyched!

I hope this tune gets in your head, too. While you're at it, check out some of this Lincoln, Nebraska indie group's other music, as well. Enjoy!