He Sings Over Me

Zephaniah 3:17 says, "The LORD your God is with you, the Mighty Warrior who saves. He will take great delight in you; in his love he will no longer rebuke you, but will rejoice over you with singing.”

I got this verse from the seventh book in one of my favorite book series, Glenbrooke by Robin Jones Gunn. I can really relate the main character in the book because she's learning how to trust God. At one point, she's looking at a post card of a gondola in Venice when it hits her! God is supposed to be the one guiding our boat in the right direction, making sure the boat stays afloat, while he sings over us. We need to trust in God that He's taking us in the right direction.

This verse makes my heart happy. Sometimes it's hard for me to believe that anyone, especially God, would take great delight in me. You know, I'm human--I have my flaws, my insecurities, and I am a PRO at driving people away. So for someone to take DELIGHT in me is so happy and I don't even know how to comprehend it! Also, I feel that throughout the past few years, everyone has taken their turn to disapprove of my personality or my actions, but God won't. I'm His daughter, and He knows that I am going to mess up, so instead of telling me everything that I'm doing is wrong, He's going to sing over me and steer my gondola in the direction that He wants it to go.

This just gives me peace. God is so amazing. He sings over me! How amazing is that?! I can't even describe the joy that it gives me--I feel like I learned a few of the same lessons as Leah. But for me, I'm real--my life is real, so this actually can affect me and the people around me. God is crazy wonderful!