God loves you.
God loves you.
If you’re like me at all you read that, but it didn’t really sink in. Ever since I
can remember I knew that God loved me, but it was always head knowledge I never let
in sink into my heart. I did a little, but not enough that His love actually changed
my life.
On Monday we started studying the book “Crazy Love”- by Francis Chan.
It is turning my world upside down, and transforming me. Or should I say God’s love is
changing me. God the Creator of the universe, stars, ocean, and land loves me. He is not a god that is far off, and simply tells us what to do, but he gives us a free choice. He wants us to love Him. Actually, He longs for us to love Him. Can you think of one of your deepest longings? Now ponder that for a moment. Now think about how strong those feelings are and now imagine God with that same longing feeling. His longing is for us. For you. For me. The God who is totally complete, all powerful and all-knowing longs to love us. He longs for us to love Him back. He doesn’t need our love, but He wants it. He’s a jealous God, but I think He has a little bit of a right considering He created us. This quote convicted me big time-
The irony is that while God doesn’t need us but still wants us, we desperately need
God but don’t really want Him most of the time, He treasures us and anticipates our
departure from earth to be with Him- and we wonder, indifferently, how much we have
to do for Him to get by.
Have you ever thought that God anticipates your arrival one day? That He can’t wait
for you to come home and be with him? As I am starting to grasp just a little of what God looks like, it compels me to change the way I live my life. To share this love that will change a person’s life. To share about this God that so desperately wants His people to love Him. I have been asking myself every day this week, how would my life look different if I really lived in God’s love. If I really lived like I am loved by the Creator of the universe? Think about it. Let it sink in and go from your head to your heart.
Diving into His love,
-ellie
God loves you.
If you’re like me at all you read that, but it didn’t really sink in. Ever since I
can remember I knew that God loved me, but it was always head knowledge I never let
in sink into my heart. I did a little, but not enough that His love actually changed
my life.
On Monday we started studying the book “Crazy Love”- by Francis Chan.
It is turning my world upside down, and transforming me. Or should I say God’s love is
changing me. God the Creator of the universe, stars, ocean, and land loves me. He is not a god that is far off, and simply tells us what to do, but he gives us a free choice. He wants us to love Him. Actually, He longs for us to love Him. Can you think of one of your deepest longings? Now ponder that for a moment. Now think about how strong those feelings are and now imagine God with that same longing feeling. His longing is for us. For you. For me. The God who is totally complete, all powerful and all-knowing longs to love us. He longs for us to love Him back. He doesn’t need our love, but He wants it. He’s a jealous God, but I think He has a little bit of a right considering He created us. This quote convicted me big time-
The irony is that while God doesn’t need us but still wants us, we desperately need
God but don’t really want Him most of the time, He treasures us and anticipates our
departure from earth to be with Him- and we wonder, indifferently, how much we have
to do for Him to get by.
Have you ever thought that God anticipates your arrival one day? That He can’t wait
for you to come home and be with him? As I am starting to grasp just a little of what God looks like, it compels me to change the way I live my life. To share this love that will change a person’s life. To share about this God that so desperately wants His people to love Him. I have been asking myself every day this week, how would my life look different if I really lived in God’s love. If I really lived like I am loved by the Creator of the universe? Think about it. Let it sink in and go from your head to your heart.
Diving into His love,
-ellie
