A hopeless romantic.

I've had a song in my head all week and in my heart for about 4 years since I first heard it. 

It's so good.

Here are the lyrics my soul has always clung to...

& even if He had 99
that stayed at home & stayed in line
He would not be satisfied
He would still go out to find
the one who's always on His mind
& bring her back, arms opened wide



I love a love like that.

It's easier to move on when something fails if you have some sort of replacement lined up. Something or someone else to fill your mind, and time. Something and someone to put your emotions into. Letting go, and moving on it becomes easier then. 

He never moves on.

God, He has 99, and much more than 99, but you never leave His mind.

That kind of love is amazing.

That kind of love is once in a life time.

It's generous and forgiving.

I am in awe that such a thing exists. 

I heard this song for the first time when I was single... and what a lovely sentiment I thought it was. I thought it was nice. Like a warm blanket fresh out of the dryer... nice. 

Now, being married, and being so open and so close to someone that you give them the power to deeply cut you, I have a whole new respect and grateful heart towards this God. 

He feels that way about us from the jump.

It's crazy right?

How in love He is with such an imperfect creation. A creation that deeply cuts Him.

He is still so in love. What a hopeless romantic God is. 

I never leave His mind, and it is my passionate pursuit in this life that I return the favor. That He is always on my mind. That my actions reflect that kind of adoration for my creator. That much like the manners your parents teach you that come out naturally, a display of that great love He teaches me is on evident through out my life. 

I hope you know how much you are on His mind. How deeply his love goes for you. I pray you return that love to the best of your abilities, because He deserves so much more than we are capable of giving Him. More than we  in our feeble, human attempt do give Him.

& I pray as you go through out your day today...

You feel loved

You know you are on His mind, whether or not you just sat in His presence or if it has been years since you entered into that quiet space where only you and He are.

He's still pursing you.

What a wonderful notion that is to remember.