Tuesday, December 16, 2008
God loves you...
I was reminded over and over again during the weekend service that I attended that God loves you...or rather, God loves me. I know that I believe that; it's at the very core of who I am...but hearing it repeatedly and almost forcefully...I realized that I don't always believe it. As Pastor John was teaching I was moved to tears multiple times when he said, "God loves you!" At one point I almost said out loud, "Really?" I don't think we hear it often enough, or at least I don't, and it was nice to be reminded especially during this busy time of year. I'll be the first to jump up and say "God loves YOU!" But to sit back and take ownership of that phrase for me, for my life, for my circumstances, for my past and present and future, for the life He's walked me through...it took me by surprise how much hearing those words spoke to the very core of my soul. God loves ME. He loves me for who I am, who I was, and who I am becoming...but he loves me now, this very minute, and isn't waiting to love me once I've reached whatever goal it is that I think I need to reach before I become loveable. I know that God sent His son Jesus as a baby at Christmas...that Jesus took my sin and died on the cross for me... I truly know and believe that. But to really sit and chew on the fact that He LOVES me, unconditionally, without expectation or hesitation, as a parent loves a child...that is what I'm holding on to this week of the Christmas season. In case you need to hear it again: GOD LOVES YOU!!
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Tuesday, December 16, 2008
God loves you...
I was reminded over and over again during the weekend service that I attended that God loves you...or rather, God loves me. I know that I believe that; it's at the very core of who I am...but hearing it repeatedly and almost forcefully...I realized that I don't always believe it. As Pastor John was teaching I was moved to tears multiple times when he said, "God loves you!" At one point I almost said out loud, "Really?" I don't think we hear it often enough, or at least I don't, and it was nice to be reminded especially during this busy time of year. I'll be the first to jump up and say "God loves YOU!" But to sit back and take ownership of that phrase for me, for my life, for my circumstances, for my past and present and future, for the life He's walked me through...it took me by surprise how much hearing those words spoke to the very core of my soul. God loves ME. He loves me for who I am, who I was, and who I am becoming...but he loves me now, this very minute, and isn't waiting to love me once I've reached whatever goal it is that I think I need to reach before I become loveable. I know that God sent His son Jesus as a baby at Christmas...that Jesus took my sin and died on the cross for me... I truly know and believe that. But to really sit and chew on the fact that He LOVES me, unconditionally, without expectation or hesitation, as a parent loves a child...that is what I'm holding on to this week of the Christmas season. In case you need to hear it again: GOD LOVES YOU!!
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I remember reading an interview a lot of years ago with Martha Williamson, the exec producer of Touched by an Angel. In the interview she talked about how one aspect of the show that made it so powerful for a lot of people was this: that at least once in each episode, an angel would tell a person "God loves you." Williamson talked about how for so many people that was a lifeline, that this show was the only thing in their lives reminding them of that powerful and life-giving truth--that God loved them. We all need to hear it. Deeply.
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Yeah God!
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I remember reading an interview a lot of years ago with Martha Williamson, the exec producer of Touched by an Angel. In the interview she talked about how one aspect of the show that made it so powerful for a lot of people was this: that at least once in each episode, an angel would tell a person "God loves you." Williamson talked about how for so many people that was a lifeline, that this show was the only thing in their lives reminding them of that powerful and life-giving truth--that God loved them. We all need to hear it. Deeply.
Yeah God!
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