I am His Beloved

Well its been a while since I've blogged, and I needed to relax a bit after the final I finished a mere hour and a half ago.

How have I been doing you may ask, well I am doing pretty great. This semester has been full of tons of different things for me. I gave up striving for high grades, and now I am focusing on those around me. I have gotten to know 3 other amazing guys!

Starting at me and going clockwise: Alex W, Matt P, Daunavan B.

It's defiantly been a great semester of growing. We have made a small group, and we also have made a prayer group [both of which includes others]. It have been great to see all of us bring different attributes to the table, and just how we interact. It's pretty much AMAZING!

As for my blog title. I am sure you are wondering what "I am His Beloved" is about. If you weren't, well now I am going to tell you anyways. This isn't like those childhood "pick your adventure" type books.

Throughout this semester I have been reading two Nouwen books. The first one I talked about in my last blog post which was called "Reaching Out". The other one I read was "The Return of the Prodigal". Throughout both of these books Henri Nouwen talks about being the beloved of Christ; how there is this indescribable incomprehensible love. That has really resounded in my own life as well through many different situations.

Last week D [the affectionate nickname to Daunavan] sent me the following video:



I was so very touched by this song. Just the way it talks about Christ's love for us.

I have added the words to this song as well. Thats all I have to say for today. I hope that this touches you where you are at.

-A..B...

He is jealous for me
Love’s 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.
Oh, how He loves us so
Oh, how He loves us
How He loves us so.

Yeah, He loves us
Woah, how He loves us
Woah, how He loves us
Woah, how He loves.

So 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

That he loves us,
Woah, how He loves us
Woah, how He loves us
Woah, how He loves

He loves us,
Woah, how He loves us
Woah, how He loves us
Woah, how He loves