A Love Better Than Life

Psalm 63:3
  "Because your love is better than life,
     my lips will glorify you."


  So it's been a really long time since I've written anything, so here goes.  These two lines have spoken volumes to me in the past month or so of my absolutely crazy life.  We all learned in elementary school that when using the word "better" we are usually comparing two things.  In this case, it's God's love and life.  Here, the word "life" is the carnal and fleshy life that we as humans live, not the eternal life that we are promised as followers of Christ.  David is making a pretty obvious statement that most people, even Christians, are reluctant to believe.


Are we as humans really willing to admit that the love of God is really better than our lives, even the good parts?


  When I first thought of that question, I thought, "Well duh, that's a no-brainer.  Of course God's love is better than this crazy life I live every day."  But then I got to really thinking about it.  I realized that until a few weeks ago, I could not have honestly said I know God's love was better than every aspect of my life, because I was still holding onto some things.  Even though there were some parts of my life I had given over to God because I couldn't handle them anymore, I was still holding onto some good things.  I was still holding onto my relationships with others, my future plans, and yes even part of my heart so it wouldn't get broken again.  Through a course of events that only God could have set in motion, those things slowly began to unravel before my eyes and slip through my fingers.  


  Now I won't say this was an easy part of my life. . . as a matter of fact, this past summer may have been one of the most difficult periods of my life.  The things I was holding onto weren't bad things at all and I actually thought that they were from God.  But I didn't trust that God had something bigger for me planned.  How awesome is it to realize that the love of God is even greater than the good or even great things of this life!!!


  And that is the reason our lips should glorify God.  He loves us.  He is with us all day, every day.  He actually likes us.  He makes plans for us.  He carries us through tough times.  He lived, died, and rose again - all for us.  And he does all of this even though we don't deserve it, but then He turns around and tells us that we do deserve it because He says so.  He has already defeated this world, so instead of holding onto things, why don't we let Him have them?  They can only get better because His love is better than life!!!