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I have loved you with an
everlasting love; therefore, I have continued my faithfulness to you.
Jeremiah 31: 3b (ESV)
Our Father God gives us
three very important messages in these 16 words. Let’s explore what these
messages mean.
The first thing He tells
us is that He loves us. Do we realize what all that entails? God looks at us with eyes of love. No matter what
we may have done, He always looks at us and sees us in the light of love. He
may be disappointed by our behavior but He still loves us.
The second thing He
communicates to us is that His love for us never ends. Said another way, His
love for us has no end. He loves us because He made us. I remember a dear
friend asking her Wednesday night children’s class, “Does God love. . .” and
then she mentioned some people who had done some horrific crimes against
society. Then, she answered her question to them. “Yes, God loves them because
He made them like He made you.”
Sometimes, when I hear of a dastardly act done by someone, I have to remember
that God made him or her and loves that
person just as much as He loves me.
The third message that God
gives us here is that He is faithful because of the fact that He made us. He tells us several times in His Word that He
will never leave us or forsake us. I
remember a love song from the 1960’s entitled, “The Twelfth of Never” The last
line of the song states, “I will love you until the twelfth of never . . . and that’s a long, long time.”
God doesn’t quantify or
limit how long He loves His children. He says he loves them forever. That tells
me he will ALWAYS love us, His children.
Praise God, He loves us forever. And that is kind of like "the twelfth of never"...because that day will never come...so the day will never come that God does not love His children. He loved us before we knew Him, and He will love us forever. Praise God. His love never fails. This was wonderful today. Thank you.
ReplyDeletePam: Thanks for your thoughts. Yes, He loves us eternally. He never gives up on us.
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