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Song: You love me anyway

Today I am making a diversion from my usual use of Scripture! I often listen to Christian radio and every once and a while a song touches me in a particular way. So to switch it up, some days I will write about song lyrics instead.

Song of the day:
You Love me Anyway by the Sidewalk Prophets



I am the thorn in Your crown
But You love me anyway
I am the sweat from Your brow
But You love me anyway
I am the nail in Your wrist
But You love me anyway
I am Judas’ kiss
But You love me anyway
See now, I am the man that called out from the crowd
For Your blood to be spilled on this earth shaking ground
Yes then, I turned away with this smile on my face
With this sin in my heart tried to bury Your grace
And then alone in the night, I still called out for You
So ashamed of my life, my life, my life
But You love me anyway
Oh, God… how you love me
This song, hits me like a brick every time I hear it. More so than any other song I have heard it tears at my heart and makes me truly contemplate and understand that you died because and for me.

It makes me so sad, that I would do that to you. But I have. Not specifically, because I wasn’t literally there, but those things represent my sin. When I go about my life on a daily basis, I put you on that cross. Sometimes it is my thoughts, sometimes my words, sometimes my actions, sometimes my LACK of action…but I feel like there is always something keeping me from as deep of a relationship with You as I would like to have.

But, seeing as I am typically a "glass half full" kind of person (or so I like to think!), what I find most hopeful about the message in this song is that you do, indeed "Love [us] anyway." It doesn't matter what we have done and it doesn't matter what we will do. You have forgiven us for the most horrible of offenses because You love us! As John 3:16 states: “For God so loved the world that he gave his one and only Son, that whoever believes in him shall not perish but have eternal life." Thank you for that

Closing Prayer:

Heavenly Father God, please keep this song on my heart. Write the words so deep in my heart that I never forget how you died to forgive my past, present, and future sins. I don’t want to be ashamed of my life. I want it to be a testimony to you. Show me how to best do that. In your precious Son's name. Amen.

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