"I have loved you with an everlasting love; therefore I have continued my faithfulness to you." Jeremiah 31:3
Speaking of God's love, Charles Spurgeon had this to say:
"Whenever I attempt to speak about God’s love, I feel that I would rather hold my tongue, sit down to muse, and ask believers to be kind enough to join me in meditation, rather than wait upon my feeble expressions."
How well I understand Spurgeon's words. I often feel, myself, that all my attempts to speak or write about God's love are feeble. Even as I'm writing these words I understand that God's eternal love is really far beyond my comprehension. There is nothing on earth with which I can compare it. It's not like the love I have for my child, or my grandchildren, or the love which they display to me. It's not like the love of my deceased spouse, or the love I have for him. As wonderful as the love of my family is, it can never be as soulfully satisfying as the love of my God.
I think what strikes me most about God's love for me is that it is completely unwarranted. I love Him because He first loved me and sent Jesus to die for my sins (1 John 4:10). God's love trumps my sin. I didn't do anything to deserve His love, none of us do, and even after years of following the Lord and growing in His grace, I still can't wrap my head around this truth. While I was in complete rebellion to my Creator, He loved me and gave Himself for me. Hallelujah! What a Savior!
God's everlasting love is a phenomenon, and I'm fine with not having fully grasped it. I find delight in talking to Him about it, and praising Him for it. One day He will call me home and then I'll see clearly, just as Paul wrote to the Corinthians: "For now we see in a mirror dimly, but then face to face. Now I know in part; then I shall know fully, even as I have been fully known." (1 Corinthians 13:12).
Thank you, Father, for Your everlasting love!
Today's music video O Love That Wilt Not Let Me Go by Kristyn Getty and Dana Masters is a beautiful version of an old hymn written by George Matheson, original music by Albert Peace.
I love you, I'm thinking of you, and I'm praying for you.
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