Love really is worth it...especially God's love

Francesca Battistelli must have been inspired cause she's definitely inspired me :)

This is a beautiful song.

So long by Francesca Battistelli

I used to daydream that I could be free
And far away from all the pain in this world
A little understanding
A hand to hold me
I was wrapped up in my doubt
But all that changed when you came around

[Chorus]
So long all that lonely living
That something that was missing isn’t missing anymore
So long to the way that wasn’t working
And the hurting that was all I knew
It’s all gone so long as I have you

Still have the hard times when nothing’s going right
Just wanna pull the covers over my head
You gave me a new perspective
When the days get heavy and I feel rejected
There’s someone to run to
Since the day that I found you

[Chorus]
So long all that lonely living
That something that was missing isn’t missing anymore
So long to the way that wasn’t working
And the hurting that was all I knew
It’s all gone so long as I have you

So long to the mornings without meaning
The nights without sleeping
I’m right where I belong

[Chorus]
So long all that lonely living
That something that was missing isn’t missing anymore
So long to the way that wasn’t working
And the hurting that was all I knew
It’s all gone so long as I have you

What we forsake

 
Been thinking about God's ever gracious nature and how audacious we are as human beings to take it so lightly. It's even worse for us Christians because we know, we're not ignorant like those who do not know about God, those who do not share a personal relationship with Him.
We know how dark our lives were,
               how deeply we were entangled in sin
               how lost we were...
 before we realised Christ died to save us from ourselves, to bring us to the light.

The creator of all the universe, of everything we have, everything we see
Made Himself like us...
Can you imagine? A being such as who God is, taking the form of us weak mortals?

And not just to live and suffer and go through hard stuff like we do everyday
But to bear ALL our sins? All however-many-billion... actually, He died for everyone, even those yet to be born
So that's more than 7 billion 'people-loads' of sin
All on one person, one 'man-God', one God personified...

And yet we still sin
 We still go ahead and do what we know is not right..
I'm amazed at our behaviour,
      amazed at my own audacity

It's really baffling that I'm still alive
  And if I am still alive, since I am still alive
The least I can do, is serve YOU

So Father Lord, even as You continually extend 
 Your grace towards me
You can use me, send me, call me,

          I'm Yours.