Your Love Oh Lord

I had been thinking about Paul's prayer when I wrote about being rooted in God's love today. Lord, I just want to thank You for loving us first.

I had originally wrote this song [no title yet at that time] back in November 25, 2004, during Thanksgiving Day and wanted to thank the Lord that day. I could never grasp or fathom the amount of love He has given us and continue to give us. Lord, I feel that everyday since surrending my life to You.

Then, almost 3 years later, on June 20, 2007, the Lord had inspired me to rewrite the song and this time He gave me the title, "Your Love, Oh Lord".

I wanted to share this with all of you, never forget that when we feel that we are unloved, it's not true! There is always Someone Who had loved us first! And Whose love remains faithful and that's for eternity. Glory to God! May God bless you all and may you all discover this love awaiting to be accepted. Christian friends, I pray that we will keep growing more and more in His likeness. Thank you all for your kind comments and visits and prayers! I love you all in Christ's Holy Name.

Your Love, Oh Lord

I can never understand the way You love every man

On the cross You died and You called us friends

I can never comprehend the sacrifice and all the pains

But even on the cross, You welcome us with open arms

Chorus:

And Your love is wide........wider than what my eyes can see

And Your love is long.........it endures for all eternity

And Your love is high.........higher than the skies and the heavens

Your love is deep................deeper than the rivers and the seas

[Your love, Oh Lord...]

Help me be like You in all of my ways

Dwell into my heart, only in You I have faith

I wanna' be rooted only in Your love

So I can begin to understand....

That Your love is wide.........wider than what my eyes can see

And Your love is long............it endures for all eternity

And Your love is high............higher than the skies and the heavens

Your love is deep...................deeper than the rivers and the seas

Your love, Oh Lord....[Your love is wide...]

Your love, Oh Lord.....[Your love is long...]

Your love, Oh Lord....[Your love is high...]

Your love, Oh Lord....[Your love is deep....]

May Our Roots Go Down Deep in God's Love

Good Tuesday morning from sunny California everyone!!!! Good morning to you, Christian friends! It's amazing that when we have a personal relationship with the Lord, He helps us appreciate everything, even the littlest blessings...

So, I opened the side door, and saw all these beautiful flowers that came out from our dwarf "cherry tree." Last year, though it gave us a few fruits because it just started to grow, the fruits were sweet. I didn't think my hubby and I did anything extra-special to make the fruits sweet. So, the quality of the soil must be suitable for the cherry tree's roots.

Last year, when the tiny red fruits came out, we discovered that some of them had some kind of little bites, not sure if it was a squirrel or the birds who loved the taste [wahhhhh...before I got to taste!]. I won't let them do that to me, I thought to myself. So, I researched online and saw that if we put some kind of reflective ribbons that would move a lot when winds blew, it might sort of scare them. So, that's what my hubby did. And the other remaining fruits seemed to be spared from whatever was eating them [hurrahhhhh!]. You can still see one reflective ribbon remaining:

Spiritually speaking, we are like that "cherry tree". We will only yield "sweet fruits" if our roots are rooted deeply in God's love. Sometimes, some of us are being eaten or snatched away by our spiritual enemies [John 10:10- Jesus said, "The thief's purpose is to steal and kill and destroy. My purpose is to give life in all its fullness"]. We need that reflective light [God is light] to help us prevent the enemies from pulling us away from our good Lord [Ephesians 5:1 -"Follow God's example in everything you do, because you are His dear children." ; Ephesians 6:10,11 - "Be strong with the Lord's mighty power. Put on all of God's armor so that you will be able to stand firm against all strategies and tricks of the Devil."].

Let me end this post with Paul's prayers from Ephesians 3:16-19:

"I pray that from His glorious, unlimited resources He will give you mighty inner strength through His Holy Spirit. And I pray that Christ will be more and more at home in your hearts as you trust in Him. May your roots go down deep into the soil of God's marvelous love. And may you have the power to understand, as all God's people should, how wide, how long, how high, and how deep His love really is. May you experience the love of Christ, though it is so great you will never fully understand it. Then you will be filled with the fullness of life and power that comes from God." -Life Application Bible.