♫ ♪ Mi Padre Me Ama Tanto ♪

For the last week I've had an ongoing song in my head! It's a song by Dominican salsa singer Juan Luis Guerra. For many years he has been an icon of salsa music, and then a few years ago he was radically saved. The song in my head is from his first album after his conversion and the lyrics that keep going through my head go kind of like this:

Mi padre me ama tanto que

Su Hijo dio por mí

Por siempre las gracias le daré...

Mi Padre me ama tanto

Su amor es eterno y santo

Tan grande que no puedo entender

Me viste de ropa fina

Me anhela y me dio Su vida

Gloria, aleluya, Padre fiel

Mi Padre me ama tanto que

Soy su heredero

Me ha dado Su nombre y Su poder

Me viste de gloria y de bondad,

Bendito mi Señor

A mi Dios por siempre exaltaré

Y cantaré...

Which means:

My Father loves me so much that

He gave His Son for me 

I will always be thankful...

My Father loves me so much

His love is eternal and holy

So great that I cannot understand it

He clothes me in a fine robe

He longs for me and gave me life

Glory, halleluja, faithful Father

Mi Father loves me so much that 

I am His heir 

He's given me His name and His Power

He clothes me with glory and kindness

My blessed Lord

I will always exalt Him

and I will sing...

Pretty powerful lyrics! There's actually more to the song (and it's all very good), but those are the words that have kept going through my head... over and over. I'm soaking them in, getting them deeper, singing to Him, hearing Him sing over me! 

So in this season where meaning can run through the cracks of shopping madness, end of the year anxiety, and a loss of true meaning; I'm reminded of this extravagant, indescribable, unfathomable, wild love that my Papa loves me with. He is, in deed the reason for the season... it is all about His love, for He is LOVE!