Jealousy

For months now I've been drawn to a song that I heard quite a while back. It's called 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 so.. Oh how He loves us...How He loves us SO
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

This past week our pastor preached a message on jealousy. He touched on the negative parts of jealousy first.. the parts that tend to chain us up when we allow it into our lives, but then the message turned.
He began to talk about a God who is very jealous for us. in fact in Exodus 34:14 it says..Do not worship any other god, for the LORD, whose name is Jealous, is a jealous God.
He is jealous for us. He sooo longs for us to be focused completely on Him. The thing is, when we do...life is soo much easier. I mean...sooo much more happiness...sooo much more peace.
For the past several weeks I have begun to allow distractions in my life. It's completely my own fault. Out of my own desperation for that tangible love... I allow others to take the place in my heart that really belongs to HIM ultimately. And you know what I LOVE sooo much?? He doesn't allow me to stray off the path too far. Like a sheep that is about to go over the cliff because he is too close to the edge...MY SHEPHERD guides me back to a safe place again.
How beautiful it is that I have a God who longs to be with me. As much as I want to have a man in my life...a physical partner...I have a God who will treat me better than ANY man ever will....and he won't leave the toilet seat up. lol.

You are HIS favorite!