My Week in Song: How He Loves US -David Crowder Band

(Lyrics at the bottom)

I am exhausted. So exhausted I can't remember how to spell exhausted (thank goodness for spell check on Google Chrome). I got back from a debate tournament at 1:00 Saturday night or Sunday morning, depending on how you look at it. Now, you may be wondering why I am still tired when that was several days ago. If you are wondering that, you have obviously never been to a debate tournament. But even though I am super tired, I am so glad I went to that tournament, because I had an amazing time. It is always so much fun to debate, meet new people, dress up in suits. I am going to miss it so much when I graduate.

Now you may be wondering what the heck the song I posted has to do with a debate tournament (my goodness you wonder a lot of things). Well, at that debate tournament I was reminded of how much God loves us, and how much he cares about even the small things. My partner and I broke in  debate for the second time,

getting 6th place and something happened that I never thought would happen. I got first place in something. Dramatic interpretation to be specific. I never even imagined that I would get first place doing and IE. You see, I never thought of myself very highly as a speaker. For the first four years of my debate career I never qualified in speech. I never even really got close. Then last year I was able to do fairly well in a couple of my 

speeches. But I never imagined I would get to the point where I would be good enough to get first.  

God has blessed me so much. Without Him I would not have found that amazing speech to interpret and without Him I would not have the skill to speak like I did. I am just so amazed that He cares about us and loves us so much that He even helps with the small

 things that are unimportant in the grand scheme of things. But I am also amazed by how He also loves us enough to not give us what we want all the time. You see, I also competed in duo interpretation and impromptu. I didn't qualify in those, and I'm glad. This keeps me humble and pushes me to work on those and improve. So yes, He does love us so much and I am so glad I am aware of just how great
that love is.

P. S. Yes, I know it is silly to stay up till 1:30 when I am exhausted. But I have an aversion to going to bed at a reasonable hour.

Lyrics

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

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

He loves us,
Oh how He loves us,
Oh how He loves us,
Oh how He loves.

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,
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.

Yeah, He loves us,
Oh how He loves us,
Oh how He loves us,
Oh how He loves.

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