To The One our hearts long to love.

What is the greatest commandment Christ gave us? To love Him with all that we are (Matt 22:37). His Word says that "We love because he first loved us",(1 John 4:19). So let us never stop drowning in His love for us. Let us never stop meditating on it and singing of it. Let us never "get over" the truth and depth of His love. It is what compels us to love others, to love Him. His love is never ending.

"There's no end to the affection you have for me" -Jonathan David Helser

Graven in His Hand

Tonight, I had a simple yet profound encounter. I felt so discouraged tonight about so many things and I just haven't been feeling like I really ever do enough, because there's always so much more to be done. So tonight, I looked up at the stars...and nothing happened, lol. I still felt inadequate. So I just kept staring up at that big sky filled with lights, and this truth slowly started to dawn on me: The God who made each of those stars loves me. He isn't mad at me, He isn't annoyed and disappointed. Yes, He's always growing me and sometimes disciplines me, but all because He's madly in love with me. Yes, I said madly because how madly in love with someone do you have to be to leave heaven and die for them. I think we should remember that more often. He is not casual about His children. He is pursuing them. And when we forget who He is, He never forgets us. "...I will not forget you! See, I have engraved you on the palms of my hands; your walls are ever before me." Isaiah 49:15-16. Praise God.