Dear God, “Only Your love” drives me to want everyone to experience You for themselves. I can describe Your love, but I can’t make them want to choose You for themselves. Father, I won’t stop reaching out to a lost world because of my love for You. I too was lost, but now I’m found. I am forever grateful You never give up on us! No trial or sorrow will ever stop me, Amen. All glory to You my Lord and Savior Jesus Christ.
I’ve never been to Niagara Falls. Someone whose been there described to me how beautiful it was. Even though I could picture it, it will never be as beautiful as actually experiencing it. Until we personally see and feel the beauty of some things that God created, we will never get the full beauty until we experience it for ourselves.
Psalm 86:5 “You, Lord, are forgiving and good, ABOUNDING in love to ALL WHO CALL ON YOU.”….. You see, God is abounding in love and forgiveness. But it’s a personal choice to call out to Him. Where do we find mercy and grace? It’s found in Jesus. Only one of the criminals next to Jesus, dying on the cross, found it before he took his last breath. He turned to Jesus and humbly cried out to Him. Jesus said to him… “Today, you will be with me in paradise.” Luke 23: 33-43…… Which criminal are you? The arrogant one, or the one who recognized he needed a Savior.
Jeremiah 31: 3 “The Lord appeared to us in the past, saying: “I have loved you with an everlasting love; I have drawn you with unfailing kindness.” His love never changes. It’s the same yesterday, as it is today and tomorrow. He is constantly drawing us in by His unfailing kindness. Do you recognize it? It is an unchangeable part of His character. If it were not for His great love, none of us would stand a chance in the future life.
God is love. Until you actually choose to open up and experience it, until you possess it yourself, you will be left to wonder. One can describe to you how faithful God has been to them, and how they have experienced His forgiveness. But it’s a personal choice to feel it for yourself. God’s love and forgiveness is even more beautiful than anything we can fix our eyes on. Fix your eyes on Jesus, on the cross of forgiveness and grace. That is true beauty. Again, I can describe it to you, but you have to experience this one for yourself.
Lamentations 3: 22-24… I love this verse!! When I think of how I could have been left in my sin….. “Because of the Lord’s great love we are not consumed, for His compassion never fails. They are new every morning, great is Your faithfulness.”
If you haven’t experienced His great love and forgiveness, and the freedom that comes with it, I pray you don’t wait another minute. Invite Him in your heart forever.
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Kim
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