How Do You Explain?

Valentine's Day is not a big

deal at our house. I get

the kiddos a little treat (like

they really need it after they

get their loot from school), but

Chris and I don't really do

anything big or fancy. We spent

the evening at home with the

kids and watched the Bachelor

together :) Valentine's Day does

remind me about God's love though.

God's love is not celebrated one day

a year. It does not take a dozen roses

to make me feel special...the crown

of thorns Jesus wore is more precious.

It is so hard to fathom the love of the

Lord. As I sat and looked at my children

Valentine's night, I thought to myself,

"How could God love us more than I love

my children?" I don't know how, but I

know He does!

I saw these song lyrics on

another blog the other day, and

decided to borrow them for this

Valentine's post. This is one

of my favorites!

How do you explain, how do you describe
A love that goes from east to west
And runs as deep as it is wide
You know all our hopes
You know all our fears
And words cannot express the love we feel
But we long for You to hear

So listen to our hearts
Hear our spirits sing
A song of praise that flows
From those You have redeemed
We will use the words we know
To tell You what an awesome God You are
But words are not enough to tell You of our love
So listen to our hearts

If words could fall like rain
From these lips of mine
And if I had a thousand years
I would still run of time
If you listen to my heart
Every beat will say
"Thank You for the life
Thank You for the truth
Thank You for the way"

[Listen to our hearts - Steven Curtis Chapman & Geoff Moore]