How He Loves

I think this will actually be the third time mentioning this song, How He Loves. Once, twice, and now.

How He Loves

He is jealous for me, Loves like a hurricane, I am a tree,
Bending beneath the weight of his wind and mercy.
When all of a sudden, I am unaware of these afflictions eclipsed by glory,
And I realize just how beautiful You are,
And how great Your affections are for me.

And oh, how He loves us oh
Oh how He loves us,
How He loves us all

He is jealous for me, Loves like a hurricane, I am a tree,
Bending beneath the weight of his wind and mercy.
When all of a sudden, I am unaware of these afflictions eclipsed by glory,
And I realize just how beautiful You are,
And how great Your affections are for me.

And oh, how He loves us oh,
Oh how He loves us,
How He loves us all

He loves us,
Oh how He loves us,
Oh how He loves us,
Oh how He loves.

And we are His portion and He is our prize,
Drawn to redemption by the grace in His eyes,
If His grace is an ocean, we’re all sinking.
And heaven meets earth like an unforeseen kiss,
And my heart turns violently inside of my chest,
I don’t have time to maintain these regrets,
When I think about, the way…

That He loves us,
Oh how He loves us,
Oh how He loves us,
Oh how He loves.
Yeah, He loves us,
Oh how He loves us,
Oh how He loves us,
Oh how He loves.

Yeah, He loves us,
Oh how He loves us,
Oh how He loves us,
Oh how He loves.

There is apparently controversy over this song. Maybe not controversy. That seems like to heavy a word for it. Maybe disagreements would be more apt.

One disagreement being about a particular line in the song. "Heaven meets earth like..." The original words by John Mark McMillan are, "a sloppy wet kiss." David Crowder, who helped to make the song as well known as it is today, changed the line to, "an unforeseen kiss." Then there are still others who substitute, "no words can express." Which is right? Which is wrong? Can any of them be considered wrong? They are all being sung in praise to God. I don't personally see any of them as being defaming to the character of God. This isn't what I wanted to talk about though.

My friend, Jessica, said some people find the song self centered. Singing about ourselves, and how God loves us. Instead we should be singing about God's greatness and our love for God. This song to them is selfish. I disagree. Though I understand where that opinion is coming from I think it's about how you interpret the song. Yes, it is singing about how He loves us but the song isn't necessarily about us. "He loves us. Oh how he loves us." How he loves us. He loved us enough to send Jesus to die on a cross for our sins. To take our sins upon Himself, to take our punishment, to take our place, to save us. How he loves us. He loves us a heck of a lot. He loves us with a love that we don't deserve. We fail Him continually and He still loves us. Oh how He loves us. I don't see the song pointing to us but to everything Christ did. Yes, He did it all for us but it's not about us. It's about Him. Also, if He loves us that much, how much more should we love Him?

I see where that other opinion may be coming from. I don't know if I even got my point out in how it's not a song centered on us. It's about a love that is greater than we can imagine, greater than we deserve. A love we should thank God for everyday.