He is jealous for me

I was riding to work the other day and with an hour and a half ride i have a lot of time to think, listen to music, pray, etc. Music moves me like few things do- i'm very much a lyric-listener and i soak in the words like a sponge. I wasn't thinking about anything in particular when "how he loves us" by David Crowder came on the radio and the minute the first line was sung tears started streaming down my face and i was overwhelmed by the love of God. The line is "He is jealous for me" - normally jealousy has a negative connotation to it, but when i thought of God wanting me so much He is "jealous" for me i was taken aback. I love being reminded that He wants me and just as i am. Some of the explainations for jealousy in the concordance are- 'apprehensive of the loss of another's affection' and 'vigilant in guarding something'- and those words just gave me the image of my Father sitting up all night and all day just waiting for me to surrender everything, to have an intimate relationship with him. He wants to protect us, He wants us for Himself- all for himself and some who don't know Him may call that selfish but i see it as loving. I want my husband, the person i love most on this earth all for myself so it only makes sense that the One who knit us together and knew every thought that we would ever have before we were born would desire our full attention and love. The God of the universe, creator of each blade of grass and every drop of water wants me and it pains Him to watch me put my faith and trust in things of this world that will never do for me what He can.
It's hard to put into words the worth i feel when i think about God's desire for my praise and intimacy with me. I guess it's like the song says that "all of a sudden.. i realize how beautiful you are and how great your affections are for me"- it just hits us and we fall on our faces in awe of this love that we cannot comprehend- agape-uncondition love.
Praise God for those moments that He just takes us in His arms and shows us how incredibly awesome He is and how much He cares for us. They make all other moments pale in comparison. i haven't stopped thinking about those words since i heard them-"HE is jealous for ME". He's jealous for you too.. soak it up :)