It’s November, the month that reminds us to be thankful.
I seldom listen to the radio; I enjoy quiet. The world is a noisy place. As I drive home from work, however, I turn my car radio to the local Christian station mainly to catch the traffic report. Then I leave it on the rest of the way home. In doing that I’ve come across a song that I never heard before. It is “Reckless Love,” sung by Cory Asbury. (There is a link below to access the song on YouTube.)
There is a line in the song that keeps running through my mind. I’ve heard it in my sleep and in my waking hours for weeks now. “Oh, the overwhelming, never-ending, reckless love of God ….”
The chorus goes on and acknowledges, “I couldn’t earn it. I don’t deserve it. Still you give yourself away. Oh the overwhelming, never-ending, reckless love of God!”
I weep as I think about God’s overwhelming, never-ending, reckless love. I weep as I remember how I deserve nothing from Him but punishment for the sinner I am. I weep as remember I was that lost sheep, the prodigal son, the lowliest of sinners. I weep because now I have been found by that overwhelming, never-ending, reckless love. I weep because I am now a child of God.
November, the month that reminds us to be thankful.
Oh Father, why me? Why would you come after me? I cannot explain, nor even understand that kind of love. I can only be eternally thankful for Your overwhelming, never-ending, reckless love that found me and embraces me.
* https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Sc6SSHuZvQE
