Day 7:
Piggybacking Romans 8:38-39, we are further reminded of how God’s love is so
thorough and passionate, it outlasts time. It is everlasting.
“The LORD hath appeared of old unto me,
saying, ‘Yea, I have loved thee with an everlasting love: therefore with
lovingkindness have I drawn thee.’”
Jeremiah
31:3
We are that wanted.
That trumps addiction, disorder, compulsion,
failure and our very humanity. I say this, not to give excuse to sin; rather,
it’s to reassure and remind us that there is hope for the hopeless condition:
God and His love.
We underestimate that reality much of the time. We
can get negative, distorted tunnel vision, convincing us we are too far gone.
We are not. Wherever and however we
presently are, we should feel the freedom to tap into God’s love and what that
individual, unique expression of means for each of us.
It starts with God thoughts concerning us. Love is
at the center of those thoughts...
“How precious also are thy thoughts
unto me, O God! How great is the sum of them! If I should count
them, they are more in number than the sand: when I awake, I am still with
thee.”
Psalms 139:17-18
Anyone and anything else telling us otherwise is
operating from a place of deception, not truth.
And so, when it comes to God’s “how do I love thee”
reality, God wants us to bask, accept and explore just what that means. He is
not annoyed when we do so. Rather, He feels the honor and excitement of
reaching a closer relationship with Him.
And we are all on that continuum.
Don’t be
discouraged or intimidated with your current circumstance or your past
failings. Likewise, don’t be dismayed concerning your future. Yes, with God,
there is always more.
“Now unto him that is
able to do exceeding abundantly above all that we ask or think, according to
the power that worketh in us.”
1 Corinthians 2:9
And that’s a good thing.
“But as it is written, ‘Eye hath not seen, nor ear heard,
neither have entered into the heart of man, the things which God hath prepared
for them that love him.’”
Ephesians 3:20
How does God love you? Start counting the ways in
your own life right now!
Copyright © 2016 by
Sheryle Cruse
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