“Reckless Love” is one of my favorite songs. It’s the song I immediately thought of when my best friends’ 3- ½-year-old ran through the rain to give me a hug the other day.
A little background. The 3-½-year-old is a top-notch hugger. Part of our goodbye routine is that he will give me several hugs, which leads to one semi-final hug at the front door, which then crescendos in one final hug, after he chases me down as I’m walking to my car.
This is what happened the other day. I dashed through the rain to get to my car, and because the rain was coming down so strongly, I didn’t hear the little feet behind me. I got in my car, saw a flash behind me, and then saw the 3-½- year-old running to me with arms wide open, insisting, “One more hug Auntie Jess!”
This scene is a perfect embodiment of “Reckless Love.” The song speaks to how God tirelessly, shamelessly, and wildly pursues us. The lyrics remind us that God’s love finds us wherever we are; that it can traverse any barrier. And like the 3-½-year-old, God chases us down in the storms of our lives to reveal just “how wide and long and high and deep” his love is (NIV, Ephesians 3:18).