Above all

Above all powers, above all kings
Above all nature and all created things
Above all wisdom and all the ways of man
You were here before the world began

Above all kingdoms, above all thrones
Above all wonders the world has ever known
Above all wealth and treasures of the earth
There's no way to measure what You're worth

Crucified, laid behind a stone
You lived to die, rejected and alone
Like a rose trampled on the ground
You took the fall, and thought of me
Above all

-- "Above All" by Michael W. Smith

When I heard this song for the first time, many years ago, I was left speechless. Most days, it's still unfathomable to me that The One who could have anything in (and out of) this world -- anything He wanted -- would choose to want me.

It's the stuff that too-good-to-be-true fairy tales are made of. Except that it is good, and it is true.