Thoughts About God

I'm slowly working my way through this great book Amy has called "Systematic Theology" by Wayne Grudem. It's great, deep stuff about God, but written in a way that is accessible and understandable by the everyday theologian. The past couple of days I've been reading about the incommunicable attributes of God - those attributes that are unique to Him and Him alone, like His independence, unchangeableness, eternalness, omnipresence, and unity (to name a few). Throughout the day I try to keep in mind what I've read about God that morning (admittedly, some days are better than others).

Two days ago I was driving home from work and this song by Matthew West came on the radio. The lyrics really hit me - the song is sung as though it is God saying these things to a person, and it speaks about how He knows me and sees me and loves me. I love the chorus the best:

"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 againI

love you more"

So in the midst of my thoughts about all these incommunicable attributes of God - thinking about how incredible these attributes are, and how it makes me feel insignificant in comparison, God gives me this well-timed reminder that, in addition to His independence and eternalness and all that, He sees little ol' me and He loves me more than anything else in His creation. How awesome is that? Pretty awesome.

You can listen to this song for youself my visiting my MySpace site here. (I don't really do MySpace - I just joined so I could comment on other people's sites).

The full lyrics to the song are here:

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

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

(Chorus)

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

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

(Chorus)

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

I love you more

Shine for Me

Shine for Me

Shine on, shine on

Shine for Me

And I see you

And I made you

And I love you more than you can imagine

More than you can fathom

I love you more than the sun

And you shine for me

(Matthew West)