Love

Oh, how I wanted to know that God loved me today. I needed it so badly. And it was written all over my experience today. Not in expected ways, not in Elijah's earthquakes or fierce winds, but the gentle blowing ... The kind that wraps you, is just strong enough to remove the breath from your lungs and moves the trees with the softest touch. In small ways ... This God, this great King, is continually acting in ways I am slowly -- very slowly -- coming to understand. This love of God was penned in wretched heartbreak, sealed by weeping, but coupled with assurance of Truth. It's occurring to me more and more and more ... That love truly changes everything. This love of God, proven on the cross, acknowledged by some, craved by all ... Is the difference. If there lies any doubt in any sphere of our being, it is directly related to the fact that we are not believing that God loves us. What else would the problem be? Is there even a problem at all? Isn't He satisfactory, completely abundant? This love of Christ is secure (Romans 8:31-39). This love of Christ is proven (Romans 5:8-10). This love of Christ is ours (John 17:25-26). How differently a child acts when he or she knows they are loved. They stand up tall. They are not afraid to speak their minds. They live an uninhibited life, unphased and unhindered by the status quo. But most of all, they share it. They share this love in every thinkable capacity, to ALL who are in their path. "Therefore we also have as our ambition, whether at home or absent, to be pleasing to Him ... For the LOVE of Christ CONTROLS us, having concluded this, that one died for all, therefore all died; and He died for all, so that they who live might no longer live for themselves, but for Him who died and rose again on their behalf ... Therefore, we are ambassadors for Christ, as though God were making an appeal through us; we beg you on behalf of Christ, be reconciled to God. " (2 Corinthians 5:9, 14-15, 20). His love changes what we think, what we do, and who we are. I pray, brothers and sisters, that you would know that you are loved. It changes everything.