Since last writing here I have been so blessed! I had the best mother's day that could be had. All the family came home for lunch. We had four generations in the one house! Mum & Dad (Great Granparents), Us, (Grand Parents) our children and their children. It doesn't get much richer than that :)
Apart from all the people noise, Michael and Emma brought a chainsaw and ute, and the guys got straight down to getting rid of some trees that were threatening our plumbing and tidied up some others. I felt truly loved and cared for, not to mention relieved. I love to boast, we have the best men in our family that ever could be had - thanks guys!
We had a great Church Camp with Ray & Joy Graetz, top ministry and so good to spend time away with our Church family. Next was the "One Voice" conference in Brisbane, and again top ministry from all the speakers. I especially was encouraged by Jane Evans messages on walking in the right place on our path, and learning to walk straight. They were priceless messages to my heart at this time.
Now to my main thought...
Do you remember what it was like to really 'like' someone and be unsure if they 'liked' you? I well remember picking petals from daisies, "He loves me, he loves me not, he loves me, he loves me not..." as if a random petal from a daisy could truly tell me what his intentions were! Somehow though it brought comfort...
To love someone and not have that returned is painful in the extreme.
What I love about God, is that our love is safely invested in Him. We can be sure of His love in return. The following words from Isaiah 26 (the Message) so resonated with me that I wanted to share them with you..
"We're in no hurry, God. We're content to linger in the path sign-posted with your decisions. Who You are and what You've done are all we'll ever want. Through
the night my soul longs for You. Deep from within me my spirit reaches out to You."
What a beautiful expression of love and trust. Can you think of any human being you could safely say that to? Very few I'm sure. What I love about walking with God is that I can freely and happily express these thoughts and never fear embarrassment or rejection. Listen to what He says to us...
"He brought me to the banqueting house, And his banner over me was love."
This tells me that He is not shy about loving me.... He is waving a banner of loving ownership over my life. Banners are used to publicly announce, celebrate or advertise something. There is nothing secret or shy about it! My goodness, this thought just makes me want to sing!
Well you might well be saying that this is all well and good, but He couldn't possibly love me ... I haven't done anything to deserve it, and I certainly don't love Him. ... Let me answer this fear with His own words out of His own Bible....
"But God demonstrates His own love toward us, in that while we were still sinners, Christ died for us" (Romans 5:8)
and the well known John 3:16-17 ...
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"For God so loved the world that He gave His only begotten Son, that whoever believes in Him should not perish but have everlasting life. 17 For God did not send His Son into the world to condemn the world, but that the world through Him might be saved."
With love,
Lynda
