The Truth About Andrew

So, I’ve neglected this place for a little while now, but I have a reason to come back, soon. I’m going to need to write out some of my thoughts, and I think this is a good place. =]

Coming in June.

You stood before my failures, yet you still call me son.

“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

Yeah He loves us
Oh how He loves us
Oh how He loves us
Oh how He loves


We are His portion and He is our prize
Drawn to redemption by the grace in His eyes
If grace is an ocean we’re all sinking
So, heaven meets earth like a sloppy wet 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

He loves us
Oh how He loves us
Oh how He loves us
Oh how He loves”

Those are the lyrics for How He loves. This is my favorite worship song, and I just love the power behind this song. I’m going to go through what this song means to me.

The first part is “He is jealous for me.” Did you read that? God is jealous for me. God doesn’t want me, of all people, to seek out anyone else to fill myself with. He want’s my attention to be focused completely on Him.

The next part says “Loves like a hurricane, I am a tree bending beneath the weight of His wind and mercy” God’s love is so strong it just absolutely wrecks us when we are in it. God’s mercy and love is so strong, our lives are bending under Him.

“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” This part, to me just reveals God’s majesty. All of our problems go away when in the Glory of God. We are shown true beauty. We are taken in by His love.

The part that says “How He loves us so” is just amazing. God loved us so much, He sent His Son, His ONLY Son, to die on the cross for us.

“We are His portion and He is our prize drawn to redemption by the grace in His eyes” God gives us Himself as the prize. We are drawn to God by this prize. The prize is grace. We are drawn by grace, to redemption. Now the part about His eyes hits me very strongly. I imagine God’s eyes to be the deepest shade of blue, and so beautiful, you could stare for days. That’s why I think that we are drawn to His eyes.

“If grace is an ocean we’re all sinking” God’s grace is so much bigger than an ocean, but this picture reminds me that God’s grace is so much more than we could ever handle. But sinking, in this term, isn’t a bad thing. I love to get lost in God’s love.

“So, heaven meets earth like a sloppy wet kiss And my heart turns violently inside of my chest” My first kiss was a time that I have yet to forget. It wasn’t a sloppy wet kiss, but I feel like that is such and intimate encounter with God, that it has the same effect. I got this overwhelming feeling, and my heart beat so fast I thought it was coming out of my chest. This was from a simple kiss. How much deeper can we go with God? When in worship, my heart turns violently in my chest.

And my favorite part of the song. “I don’t have time to maintain these regrets when I think about the way He loves us.” God’s love overwhelms everything else. Who am I to complain about what I’ve done wrong, when God’s given me everything I have. I don’t have time to think about what I’ve done wrong when I can think about how He loves me instead.

And that’s what How He Loves means to me.

Yes, I know I missed yesterday. And I’m pretty much missing today, since I’m just posting this. I’ll get back to this tomorrow.

OK, so today is a bit different than most days. It was Sunday so I had church and everything, but I got called into work. Work was good, but that’s not what I am going to focus on.

Something happened today, that hasn’t happened in a very long time. I had a friend cry on my shoulder. It opened my eyes, because I didn’t know what to say. But it was good to know that I have the friends that I mean that much to them.

Today is a day the Lord has made, therefore it is good!

Today was filled with stress, joy, anger, happiness, thankfulness, bitterness, etc. But today was a great day. I got to see my best friend, and a bunch of other friends, and it was just a great overall day. It just shows that you can have a great day even when the events of the day suck. Well, I’m going to read some more. Good night.

“Nothing worth having comes without some kind of fight.”

I’m currently reading Wild at Heart by John Eldredge. First of all, I want to say that ALL guys need to read this book. I’m only on chapter 5, and it’s amazing! But I want to go back to that quote. Nothing worth having comes without some kind of fight. As a guy, I have a natural tendency to want to win. Whether it’s owning Craig at Jenga, to wrecking all my friends at Halo, (I wish) I want to win at everything I do. It’s natural. But in order for me to win at these things, save for Jenga because I’m that good, I have to try hard. I can’t sit there, with my controller in my hand, doing nothing, and come in first at Halo. I have to press the buttons and move the joysticks. The same can be said about life.

“You can’t succeed without trying.” That’s what comes to mind when I think about this. I hear alot of people say, “Well, if I win the lottery, I will….” You can fill in the blank, but what I ask them, is “When’s the last time you played?” Most of them say never, or rarely. You can’t win the lotto if you don’t play. And no, I’m not telling everyone to go buy a lotto ticket. Whether you play or not is a personal choice, and I’m not going to say either is right or wrong. But the same goes for life. You can’t be a great doctor if you don’t go to school for it. You can’t do God’s will if you don’t know what it is, and actively seek Him.

I know this is late, but today I just wanted to say this. Writing is not my strong point. I’m already having a hard time writing what I am, and telling me my blogs suck, or are short or whatever doesn’t help me. I know they suck and are short. I’m doing what I can. And I know there hadn’t been but a few blogs with anything of value in them. I’m working on that.

Today’s another one of those days that I had a long blog planned, but when I got to it, I really don’t want to. XD Well, I got to be up early, so good night.

It’s that time of day again, and I’m actually not doing anything, or really have anything to do for a little while. This day will be better than the last few, hopefully.

So I slept in this morning. It was nice to get up at 9:30. XD Spent pretty much the whole day in bed. Playing this new game that has me addicted, Draw Something. This thing is the greatest game since bread slice! XD (I really hope at least one person gets that.) It keeps me laughing, and is tricky sometimes. I highly suggest it. Only issue I’ve found is the amount of words is limited, so I’ve come up to multiples so far.

Then I went to play Ultimate Frisbee tonight! It’s been so long since I’ve played. I’m tired, but it’s worth it. Granted, I don’t do much, because I play defense. But I do love playing. It’s alot of work for me, seeing how I don’t play sports, but so worth it. =] I’m glad it’s started back up, and hopefully I’ll have Tuesday nights off from now on.

I went to practice after Frisbee, for a few minutes. Just enough to help them set up, and get it going. Hopefully it was ok, seeing how I left before they really started practicing. Well, I’ll find out tomorrow. XD

And then I drove someone home. We had a good talk. But after I dropped him off, I started praying the rest of the way home. It was really good. God has been doing alot of amazing things lately! I’m excited for tomorrow, and to see what God has in store for me!