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,
Yeah, He loves us,
his hair is different….
but i just love to listen to this song.
i hope you know how much God loves YOU.
Valerie - Love this song and love that you posted it!
Leslee - Oh this post just made me the happiest girl!! I got to see the David Crowder band at Cornerstone music festival this year in Illinois. Some of my best girlfriends and I make a road trip every year from California (home) to Illinois (Cornerstone Christian Music Festival) and it is my absolute favorite week of the entire year!! I love The Glorious Unseen’s version of this song. 🙂
april walker - hey meg! i love your blog & saw this post & thought i’d drop in & post this clip from the writer of this song, john mark mcmillan. he’s from my hometown, charlotte, nc & i recently had the privilege of seeing him perform this live. he’s an amazing musician and actually just recently released a new album “the medicine” that you should totally check out. “skeleton bones” is one of my favs.
here’s the video of the story behind “how he loves” i have to fight back tears every time i watch it.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-NXWE6AC8ao
happy tuesday!
Cortney - The first time I heard this was at a Barlow Girls concert. They had us all sing it at the end, Amazing!!
Tami - This is my favorite song and I cry everytime we sing it at church. What a great worship song.
miss r - Love this one! Another favorite is Fail Us Not by 1000 Generations. I never listen to either of those songs with a dry eye.
Sally - Meg – wow what can I say – they sang this in Church yesterday and then my husband and I looked it up – what an amazing song – thanks for giving it the great credit it is due.
Jenni Carlisle - I love DCB! They are actually from my town and it is a surreal to see them at Target or the grocery store…especially with the hair!
heidi @ wonder woman wannabe - I’m SO tracking w/you, girl – I totally have a video of this song to go along with a blog post I’m working on for this coming week as well!
amanda - This song doesn’t get old … love the words.
anna - isn’t it just the BEST!!!??? He is JEALOUS for me! and you!! holy wow!!
kristine - i quick peaked at your blog this am before church and guess what?! it was one of our worship songs! i think it means i was really meant to hear it! i love this part: If His grace is an ocean, we’re all sinking.
hope you had a great day!
Sheryl - Love this song too! David Crowder is one of the best when it comes to descriptions. He puts things into tremendous metaphors and eureka type phrases. Truly gifted by God.
Janie Fox - I love this song but we sing the wet kiss part like Tasha said and I don’t like that either. Love this version more!!
Heather - Is this picture of Annie? Found it on this blog: http://thelisaportercollection.blogspot.com/
while blog-hopping this evening & thought it looked like her.
Blessings,
Heather:)
Sara @ It's Good to be Queen - yes, one of my faves.
jen - LOVE this song. especially when it pops up on my itunes while im out on a run. that first line gets to me. ‘lump in my throat’ gets to me. love DCB 🙂
Lori - Love it too 🙂
Mrs.B - THANK YOU!~needed it!
Michelle - love love this song. . thanks for posting. . . it’s in my head now which is GREAT!
Candy - love it too! our pastor’s 9 yr old granddaughter sang this at church this morning to celebrate his 50th year in ministry! 🙂
Sarah S. - I love this song! My husband and I are on the worship team at my church (him: guitar/vocals, me: bass/bgv) and we played it this morning. I was actually just singing it in my head when I saw your post! 🙂 But I think my favorite part about it is hearing the congregation sing the chorus over and over. It’s so true!!
Leah - I agree with Sarah…Jesus Culture does a great version of this song. They rock out a tad more and I love it!
Lori - Great song! My favourite at the moment is “By Your Side” by Tenth Avenue North. It’s spoken from God’s point of view and just makes our relationship with Him seem even more real.
sarah - kim walker from jesusculture in california also has a wonderfully passionate version of this song too…you should youtube it and check it out. i used to watch it alone in my room and get goosebumps and cry every time. in a good way. :]
Bobbie - I love that song. Love David chrowder. Have you heard of Kim Walker and Jesus Culture. I love love love her “oh happy day” it’s the song we played right after our baby was born.
tasha roe - we sing this at church and i have a love/hate relationship for it. see….our words are a little different – instead of “unforeseen kiss” ours sings “sloppy wet kiss”
drives. me. crazy.
i LOVE the song except for that part.
now i just might have to see if they will sing it differently.
i like your version a ton better!!!
Jennifer - If you love this song you MUST listen to the original by John Mark McMillan…also you should google the story that inspired the song.
Megan - I recently went to a wedding and the bride walked down the aisle to this song. Before she entered, the pastor talked about how we are the bride of Christ and one day will go to Him. They wanted their wedding to represent that. He asked that we not stand until the bride passed our row. It was amazing to hear this song, see them represent Christ and to see the crowd stand as she passed. A beautiful picture of Heaven.
candace haymon - oops, forgot to paste the clip:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xa0eyCijaxY&feature=related
candace haymon - Here’s a youtube clip of a sweet little boy singing along with John Mark McMillan’s (the writer of the song) recording. I think you’ll enjoy it…always makes me smile and really “get” it!
Amanda - LOVE this song! heard them play it live at the passion conference in london earlier this year 🙂
Becky @ Farmgirl Paints - One of my very favorites!!!!
carols - Why don’t I know him? I listen to xm Christian radio and bet I know more of his songs…and loved this one. Got a giggle out of the drummer rocking away in the background, big guy in his shirt, tie, jacket and belt and was thinking bet he wishes he was in a tshirt and jeans!! Beautiful song for a Sunday morning. Another reason you’re my favorite blog.
carols in Chicago suburb on a beautiful morning
Regina - we’re crazy about this song in our house as well! our family is in some struggles and this song speaks wonderfully of God’s faithfulness & promises. i love how God blesses man w/ talent & speaks through individuals to us . . . He’s definitelly used this song ~ my husband has been encouraged by this song lately.
Tanya - Love that song!
Lori - Thanks for sharing Meg. I love this song too. And David Crowder too! (Yes, the hair is different!)
Gevay - Beautiful! Thanks for sharing this reminding me of the miracle of is love for us.
Lauren - It’s one of my absolute favorites! There’s not a Crowder song I don’t like though!
Tara - love this song so much…
my favorite part…
“if Grace is an ocean…..then we’re ALL sinking!”
Dori Smith - This is one of my favorite songs we are singing at church now. Jesus Couture has a great version also!
Lisa utu - This song spoke to my soul at a time i needed a reminder that god truly loves me. It still amazes me that he loves me so much. Thanks for sharing this song!
Kate @ Songs Kate Sang - Oh, this song SPEAKS to me. We sing it every Sunday. I love where it says ‘and my heart turns violently inside my chest’.