God's Love

Let me tell you something, God’s love for us can be overwhelming sometimes. If you think about it, there is a Man that loves us SO MUCH that He died the most painful death for us. There’s a saying that goes “We accept the love that we think we deserve.” Man, I have felt THAT. I go through spurts where I don’t think I deserve His love. I’ve messed up, I’ve sinned, and I’ve done things that I know I probably shouldn’t have done but did it anyways. It’s hard sometimes to think of building a relationship with God when you think you don’t deserve His love. It’s easy to push that relationship with God away because, how could we deserve Him? But you know what? God is waiting there, and He will continue to wait forever for you.

His love never fails, never gives up, and it will never end. He loves us so much that He is just waiting there for us with His arms open wide, waiting for us to come home. We deserve that love. In Matthew 18 and Luke 15, it records Jesus’ parable about a shepherd who leaves 99 sheep in search of one that wandered away. God loves you so much that He will run after you. He will continue to chase you because He loves YOU.

He will never disappear on you. John 15:9 says “As the Father has loved Me, so have I loved you. Abide in My love.” Jesus loves us, just as God the Father loved Him; in this truth we can rest secure and at peace. We all deserve this love, and you can have it easily. Dive into the word, talk to God, and begin forming that relationship that you so deserve with Him and accept that love. I can promise you that you won’t regret it.

• Annie Cummins