Friday, March 25, 2011

He is mine forever....

I'm not very good at this blogging thing, am I? Aren't you typically supposed to blog every couple days? Oh well.....

I had a thought hit me that I find pretty profound. God wants our love, but we NEED His. I know that sounds pretty basic, but when you really stop to think about it, it's jaw dropping. The fact that the God of the universe wants me to love Him, well, that's just amazing, period. That fact alone is enough to make me stop and realize how valuable I am to Him. It's especially humbling when you realize that we need His love. We will never live full, complete lives without it. We will be eternally separated from Him without it. We need it to survive because we are fallen, self-centered, sinful creatures...and He still WANTS ours.

I don't know about anyone else, but after awhile, it's hard for me to love someone that constantly hurts me. And I know I must constantly hurt Jesus. When I choose to react with anger towards a family member because they are making choices I don't approve of....when I allow myself to be bitter because I am not where I want to be in life....when the words I speak or the thoughts I have are not God honoring....it must hurt Him. Yet, He still wants me. Because I am valuable and precious to Him. Precious enough that He died for me...knowing it would take me 17 years to accept that....and then another 6 to live like what He did mattered. What I find so comforting though, is that even through all my stupid decisions, He has never left me...because He wants my love...

"My health may fail, and my spirit may grow weak,
      but God remains the strength of my hear;
He is mine forever."
~Psalm 73:26