How He Loves…

About a week ago, we were preparing as a squad (55 of us)
for a prayer walk through some of the temples in Bangkok.  As we were singing and worshiping on
the rooftop of the YWAM building, we sang the song, “How He Lovesâ€�.  Here are the lyrics for those of you
who have never heard it.

A few minutes into this song, Katherine, who was leading
worship, said that she felt like God wanted us to sing “Oh, how He loves you�
to the city of Bangkok. (Keep in mind we were on the roof and could see over
the city.)  We began singing these
words and almost immediately God completely overwhelmed me with how much He
loved these people, this city, those that we’re going to be ministering to this
month.  I could barely even form
these words to sing, as tears streamed down my face.  

Over the past month or so, I’ve realized that I love God…and
that I trust Him, but I don’t know if I can say that I am “IN LOVE� with my
Savior.  There is a huge difference
between just loving someone and being in love with them.  When you are in love with someone they
are ALWAYS on your mind, they are the first and last thought that goes through
you mind when you wake up and before you fall asleep.  You want to read their “love lettersâ€� to you over and over
again.  You want to talk to them,
and share with them, and be with them all the time.  This is how we should feel about the “lover of our souls.â€�

God has also been dealing with my heart about loving
people.  Not just saying that I
love them, or being able to tolerate them…but REALLY LOVING them the way that
we are called to do so.  So, in
this moment on the rooftop, God broke my heart for the people of Bangkok.  He showed me a glimpse of exactly how
much He loves them, how much I’m supposed to love them

I’m praying that God continues to show me how to love them and Him more.