Echoes of love

Lovely are Your dwelling places
Thirsty, I come after You
Jesus: my joy, my reward
Your love's restoring my soul
Now I'm Yours, and You are mine
And from my heart a song will rise

I love You, I love You, I love You...
And my heart will follow wholly after You

Jesus, there is none beside You
Righteous ruler of the earth
Nations will come and bow down
Name over all names
I sing Your praises
And all I can say to You is

I love You, I love You, I love You...
And my heart will follow wholly after You

-- "Dwelling Places" by Hillsong

Whenever I've sung this song in the past, my voice instinctively lowers at the chorus. Am I even allowed to sing this? Do I love God enough to be proclaiming this?

Today, as I sang it in church, something moved in my heart... What you are singing to Me is just a faint echo of what I feel for you, even before there was time -- a faint echo of what My Son cried out to you when He stretched out His hands on the cross.

So today, as the tears fell, I sang the chorus at the top of my voice -- even though I may never fully know the meaning of such a thing as love, especially in the way that I'm loved; I love You, but only because You first loved me.