How Great Thou Art

So, this morning at church (I wore an Easter dress for the first time in, like, 15 years! It was an Event!), we had a great worship service time, and at the end, we sang a hymn for a change: How Great Thou Art. 

 

I was singing the words that I haven't heard or sung in a very long time. But what I kept thinking was, as much as I am in awe of the majesty and glory and splendor and big-ness, and awesome-ness of God- how amazing and huge and mind-boggling and great He really and truly is- while I am just amazed and dumbfounded when I catch even a peek at His glory, what actually melts my heart and moves me and causes me to worship Him is his humility and how, with all that power and majesty and greatness and splendor, He humbled himself and lowered himself to the dirt, subjected himself to the scorn and ridicule and disbelief and sarcasm of tiny little humans. Lowered himself from infinity and no limits to live a life of poverty in a vulnerable human body made of dirt-colored flesh and vulnerable to sickness, disease, viruses, colds, hunger, pain, death. And that is what moves me. The passion, the incomprehensible love He had for me to lower Himself and humble Himself for my sake... that's what makes Him great to me. That's what makes me fall for Him over and over again.... the greatness and majesty and glory and holiness and purity of Him would force me to fall down and worship Him out of respect and awe, but it's the becoming-human part, the unnecessary humility of Jesus becoming a man and bothering to lower himself to our level in order to reach and redeem us to him, that makes my heart melt, that draws me in to worship Him out of love and adoration...

That's pretty much it for today. Just wanted to share it. I wish everyone could see God as he really is... how could anyone's heart remain hard toward that amazing, tender, humble, majestic, glorious, loving savior? 

Happy Easter everyone. Love Jesus. Or at least, try to find out who he is.

P.S. I know, sometimes I capitalized He and Him when talking about God, and sometimes I didn't, but I'm just inconsistent that way and couldn't make up my mind. So there. :-)