Do I truly understand the love of God, particularly His love for me? Perhaps we can quote John 3:16 and even tell others that God loves them, but do we really grasp the idea that God loves ME? His love has no conditions. I need not become better, prettier or successful. I do not need to give more, serve more or care more to get more of God’s love for me. He will never love me more nor can He love me less than He does right now! This love for me is INFINITE! Catch that—INFINITE. That means without beginning or end.
We tend to be hard on ourselves. We look at our lives and see the failures, mistakes and outright sin that we have committed. We never look into our hearts. Staring down into the center of our being is too scary. We will see the garbage that is there and realize that no one could love and accept us, much less a holy and perfect God. We do not understand the heart of God! We do not comprehend His love!
We are predisposed to define our value based on looks, money, job description, people’s appraisal of us and our own evaluation of our lives. These are all flawed! Grasp this—FLAWED!
Once we begin to clutch to our spirits the depths of the love of God for us, we will begin to walk in the freedom of His love. This is the freedom of acceptance. Freedom to just be who God created us to be. Free from the expectations of others and of ourselves. Free to enjoy life. Thomas Merton tells us that we need to define ourselves as “One loved by Christ.”
This love is experienced in our brokenness. This love grows in our weaknesses. This love blossoms in humility. This love is the pearl of great price, the treasure hidden in a field that a man went and sold all that he had to buy that field. Why wouldn’t we all do that? This is the heart of the greatest gift ever given. “For God so loved…
Why can I write about this? God has brought me to a turn in the journey that is my life. For several years I have been learning, studying and experiencing the journey of faith. Now I have turned onto the road of love. Where will it lead? Only He knows.
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