Usually I'd put this off until morning, but I felt real strongly that I should post this tonight.
Truth is, God cannot love you any more or any less than he does right now.
That's it.
You cannot win His love. You can't do all the right things, be morally upright, or trick your way into getting God's love. Just like a dad, holding his newborn son for the first time, doesn't say "I'll only love my boy if he (fill in the blank)". Our Father in Heaven doesn't love us based off of what we do. He already loves us with an unconditional love.
"For I am convinced that neither death nor life, neither angels nor demons, neither the present nor the future, nor any powers, neither height nor depth, nor anything else in all creation, will be able to separate us from the love of God that is in Christ Jesus our Lord" - Romans 8:38-39
He loved us first before we even knew Him. He made us and chose to love us, even though we were sinners. He wants to be with us and he is constantly in a desperate pursuit to win us over.
"This is love: not that we loved God, but that he loved us and sent his Son as an atoning sacrifice for our sins" - 1 John 4:10
You cannot lose His love, either. You may feel like you've done too much wrong in your life, that God couldn't possibly love you, or that He has given up on you. He's always right there and doesn't disown you. Just like a dad doesn't disown his son if he misbehaves. He still loves his son and has always been right there. It's the sin, or the junk in your life, that's keeping you from having a full on, mind blowing, amazing relationship. The love is still there, but the it's the sin that makes us feel isolated. He may feel distant, but He never is.
“Never will I leave you; never will I forsake you" - Hebrews 13:5
Stop trying to "win" God's favor. Stop thinking he doesn't love you. These are all lies. God and His love are the "same yesterday, today and forever" - Hebrews 13:8
You cannot lose His love, either. You may feel like you've done too much wrong in your life, that God couldn't possibly love you, or that He has given up on you. He's always right there and doesn't disown you. Just like a dad doesn't disown his son if he misbehaves. He still loves his son and has always been right there. It's the sin, or the junk in your life, that's keeping you from having a full on, mind blowing, amazing relationship. The love is still there, but the it's the sin that makes us feel isolated. He may feel distant, but He never is.
“Never will I leave you; never will I forsake you" - Hebrews 13:5
Stop trying to "win" God's favor. Stop thinking he doesn't love you. These are all lies. God and His love are the "same yesterday, today and forever" - Hebrews 13:8
Love Lottie Brooke. So well put.
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