I've been struck lately with the magnitude of God's love. How high, how deep, how wide. His love knows no bounds. It is reckless. It is beautiful. I am overwhelmed when I think of the beautiful stories He has written to show us what His love is like. Think of Hosea and the intense love God gave him for his wife - who was a prostitute. I can't even begin to write about the Son of God leaving the glory of heaven and becoming man to suffer and die for His unfaithful bride.
I've been reading verses like this:
"but you shall be called My Delight Is in Her...for the Lord delights in you..." (Is 62:4)
"For the mountains may depart and the hills be removed, but my steadfast love shall not depart from you, and my covenant of peace shall not be removed..." (Is 54:10)
"yet I will not forget you. Behold, I have engraved you on the palms of my hands." (Is 49:15-16)
He loves us. He loves us so much.
When I was reading these verses and stories I originally was thinking about all the people who need to know this! We need to tell them. We need to show them. I could hardly stand it. Then in a moment of quiet God reminded me about something. He wants to love us with that reckless love. He wants to love me. He wants to love you. How often do we let Him? How often do we spend our days rushing, striving to serve Him? Even in our supposed quiet times how hard do we try to love Him the best we can rather than letting Him teach us to love?
I can't really wrap my mind around the idea that the Creator of the world, the Creator of love, the Creator of me - wants me. Obviously, it is not because of what I can do for Him, but simply because He loves me. And He wants you too. Not simply so you can worship and love Him, but because He loves you.
He loves you so much.
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