Whispers

I listen to music. A lot. I hear a lot of lyrics, and something that stood out to me the other day when I was listening to some sort of praise Pandora station was the phrase, "you whisper your promises to me" or something like that - it was talking about God. I realized that so many Christian tunes have that idea planted in them - that God whispers His affections to us. This is probably more prominent in female songs, because the idea of whispering sounds intimate and familial.
But is this really who our God is? Does He just secretly tell us of His our love for us?
Zephaniah 3:17 says, "The LORD your God is in your midst, a mighty one who will save; He will rejoice over you with gladness; He will quiet you by His love; He will exult over you with loud singing." Loud singing doesn't exactly imply quietness. The Lord takes delight in us as His children. The whole reason for salvation was for God's glory - so why would He not take joy when another child receives adoption into His family? Luke 15:10 says, "Just so, I tell you, there is joy before the angels of God over one sinner who repents."
We, as God's people, are His portion: "But the LORD's portion is his people, Jacob his allotted heritage." He is our portion, and we are His. We both take delight in the other!
God's plan of salvation is flagrant and His love for us is so vast and deep that how can it not take up our universe!?!
If you wanted someone to prove their love for you, would you rather them whisper it to you occasionally, or rather stand up in a public place and shout a proclamation? Most people would pick the second option. It makes you feel out-of-this-world special. That what Christ does with us. How could we ever doubt His love for us when He humbled himself and died for us?! That in and of itself is a public display of His great love and mercy!
I heard a quote from someone I know that goes, "Christ is seated at the right hand of the Father, continually interceding for us and proclaiming us as 'not guilty'". And He loves to do it!
Our Father is not shy about His love. Yes, He is intimate....but He's not going to let a day go by without loudly proclaiming His love for us. What marvellous and matchless love we receive as His children!! This only serves as reason to praise Him more and more.