Oh How He Loves Us

This song by John McMillian called "How He Loves" has really been on my heart lately. Just with conversations that I've had with people and seeing the hurt and the pain that people experience on a daily basis shows me just how much people need to hear that God loves us. But how do we have faith in a God when bad things are happening? How can we have faith? Faith is believing without knowing 100% that what we believe is true or right. Can we ever know 100% that Christianity is based 100% on fact? I don't think so. But that's what makes faith so hard for people is that it's never 100%. But then again can we base any belief on 100% fact? No. I was talking with a friend tonight about faith and what it means to have faith. Honestly I don't base my belief on the facts of the Bible. I go to the Bible to learn more about my God and my savior. I go to the Bible to prevent myself from straying from what the Bible says is truth. I don't base my belief on the accuracy of the Bible. I go to the Bible to learn how God used this earth and it's people to do his will. I go to the Bible to make my faith that much deeper and intelligent. I don't base my belief on the messages or teachers that I hear speak on the word of God. I hear these messages to learn more about my faith and I usually leave saying, "Wow, what an awesome God I serve." No, the only thing that I've based my belief on, the one thing that makes me believe without a doubt is the experiences I've had with God. It's the times that God has met me here on this tiny planet; here, wherever I was standing or sitting; here, in the depths of my heart and my soul, where God has said to me "You are mine, you are my child and I will never let you go." This is what I base my belief on. It's more than a feeling you guys. I have all the confidence in the world that what I believe is true because God has shown me in my heart that he is real. Because God has shown me, like that song says, "He is jealous for me." This song resonates with me so much. And I want to encourage you guys just to spend some time with God listening to this song; listening to the words without distractions, without people, or worries. Just you and God. Oh how he loves us.