More

"More" by Matthew West came across my Pandora Station this morning and I had to stop and listen. I mean really listen. What a way to start a morning! I really wanted to give all the rest of you a little encouragement/food for thought this morning, so I went out and found a video for the song (with lyrics.)

Click play, sit back, listen, and let it all soak in.

Take a look at the mountains
Stretching a mile high
Take a look at the ocean
Far as your eye can see
And think of Me

Two years ago I saw The Rocky Mountains for the first time. I remember driving west from Denver and being completely in awe of what I was looking at. They were absolutely huge! I spent a lot of our drive with tears in my eyes. I remember telling God that I finally understood just how big He was.

Take a look at the desert
Do you feel like a grain of sand?
I am with you wherever
Where you go is where I am

And I'm always thinking of you
Take a look around you
I'm spelling it out one by one

How often have I prayed for something that seemed so important to me, but then thought of everything that God hears in a day? I'm not praying for world peace. I'm not praying that hundreds of thousands of souls would come to Christ during my next concert tour. I'm praying God would protect my future husband. I'm praying God would heal my friend's cold. I'm praying Twin would be safe on her flight back from Houston. Yet the prayers I lift to Him are just as important as the prayers Billy Graham prays.

I love you more than the sun
And the stars that I taught how to shine
You are mine, and you shine for me too
I love you yesterday and today
And tomorrow, I'll say it again and again
I love you more

There were times I have been very unlovable. There were times God was the last thing on my mind. There were years that I spent living solely for my own satisfaction. He saw me then and loved me still...loved me just as much as He loves me today.

Just a face in the city
Just a tear on a crowded street
But you are one in a million
And you belong to me

And I want you to know
That I'm not letting go
Even when you come undone

He sees through my striving to be "put together" and collected. He knows my insecurities and my fears. He has seen the depths of my heart and He loves me the same. He is still holding on to me, even when I'm not holding on to Him.

Love like that is once in a lifetime. Love like that can't come from a fairytale romance here on earth. Love like that can only come from Him.

Sort of puts it all back in perspective!