Happy Thanksgiving everyone! We have so much to be thankful for! This time last year we (John and I) were grieving our first failed match on our adoption journey but this year we have been celebrating Turkey Day with our wonderful (almost) 7 month old daughter! We are so thankful for the chance to be Abby’s parents and to celebrate the holidays with our wonderful family! While words cannot express my gratiude for the blessings of my family, friends, and life, there is nothing more precious to me than the love of my Father and that I am adopted into His family by the life and blood of Jesus Christ and for that I am eternally grateful for! These lyrics have been on my heart today and hopefully they may touch yours as well! If you want to read about the story behind the song, grab some tissues and click here
Happy Thanksgiving!
How He Loves
written by John Mark McMillan
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 realise 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 all
He loves us,
Oh how He loves us,
Oh how He loves us,
Oh how He loves.
Yeah, He loves us,
Oh how He loves us,
Oh how He loves us,
Oh how He loves.
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 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…
He loves us,
Oh how He loves us,
Oh how He loves us,
Oh how He loves.
Yeah, He loves us,
Oh how He loves us,
Oh how He loves us,
Oh how He loves.