I purchased the Bethel album and the running theme is about
God loving us more than we could ever understand. One of the lines is that the
thoughts He has towards us are more than the sands by the sea. If you have ever been to the beach you know that
the sand is too numerous to count. Take a minute and list all of the things
that you love about yourself. Some of us, our list is long and some of us our
list is short. Regardless of how you see yourself and how many good things you
think about yourself, God’s list of things He loves about us, NEVER ends. At
some point we run out of human words to describe things, but God’s love for us
surpasses an earthly language, it surpasses what we know to be love here on
earth. Picture with me for a minute, God the creator of the universe, in its
vastness, still knows every hair on your head, what you care about and what you
need. He’s so big that He holds the world in His hands, but brings Himself to
our level so we can have a relationship with Him. Nothing about the makeup of
God is prideful, He’s humility to the core. He is humble enough to carry OUR
burdens and OUR pain, so we don’t have to. That’s love. He knew you before you
were even born and knew your name and the beautiful life you would have. That’s
love. The love He has for us fills the deep longings of our souls that no
person can fill. His love calms the storms in our lives, His love brings us up
to His perspective so we can understand why the things that we don’t understand,
happen. He will continue to give you grace, time after time. When you feel like
you have failed at something, He loves you enough to give you the courage to
try again. God will never give up on you, even when you give up on Him. God
loves us so much that He sent Jesus to die for OUR sins. How unfair is that?
Like our pastor says, He is unfair to our advantage. That is love. Open your
heart to His love. Let Him show you things that you have never seen or felt.
Life is too short to not feel extravagantly loved every day.
