The greatest part of being a Christian is feeling the love of God. This love is the greatest thing I’ve ever known. It gives me a feeling of comfort in times of trouble, inspiration in times of action, compassion in times of tragedy, and peace each and every day. It shows me, rather than teaches me, how to relate to others and prepares me to do so. It fills me from within so I have no need to be filled from without. It removes the fear of death so I can live each day to its fullest. God’s love is all these things, but so much more.
The English language lacks the words to describe the deep felt joy God’s love gives me. To say I feel it in my bones isn’t deep enough. The marrow inside my bones doesn’t compare. The DNA in my cells can’t even come close to describing how deep God’s love goes. The very essence of my soul drinks it in and dances within me because of it.
God, who always was and who always will be, loves me, and nothing I can do will ever change that. Wow! The Creator of the stars, the maker of every blade of grass, the One who feeds each bird in the sky, knows me and loves me.
Of the billions and billions of planets in existence, God casts His gaze upon Earth. And of the billions of people on Earth, God found me to love and bless. I’m not a king. I’m not a president. I’m not even captain of the softball team. And yet Almighty God chooses to love me just as I am, with a love so big it can’t be measured in time or space.
God’s loves surpasses all. From this infinite being comes an infinite love and He shares it freely with me. How can I possibly accept such a wondrous and magnificent gift from one so great and mighty? Me, an unworthy worm, God has chosen to love. How can I comprehend the magnitude of such a gift?
Our great God doesn’t reserve His love for the rich or the powerful, He shares it freely with all, even me. How can I accept my wife, my health, or my salvation and not give back to God what little he asks. I would gladly give my life for Him should He but ask. How could I do less for all He has already done for me. Praise be to the Almighty God in Heaven!
