Accepted and Loved [4/15/12]

Oh hey there!

I'm blogging at a very odd time for me... I usually blog after midnight, but for once, I'm blogging in the afternoon :) The reason why I'm doing it now is because I just listened to a clip that reminded me of something so crucial and wonderful. Today, I was reminded of how much God really loves me. I wasn't able to attend church today because my stomach started acting up a lot, but I started listening to little clips. While doing so, I stumbled upon this one: http://illbehonest.com/Come-to-Christ-He-is-Mighty-to-Save-Paul-Washer and as soon as I listened to it, I knew I had to write about it. It's only four minutes, so feel free to listen to it before I start talking about it!

The clip speaks about a daughter who leaves her mom to make a better life. The mother knows the daughter will stray, and live a life she doesn't want. So, once her daughter leaves her, she takes all of her money and goes to the city where her daughter is. She goes to a photo booth and uses most of her money to take photos of herself. She then proceeds to go to all hotels, movie theaters, and dance halls in search of her daughter. Everywhere she goes, she leaves a picture of herself. Once she runs out of money, she leaves the city and goes back home.

One day, the daughter, who became a prostitute, is walking down the stairs in a hotel. She looks into a mirror, and notices how she looks so aged. She then notices something in the corner of her eye. She sees a  picture of her mother, and she is filled with joy! She turns the picture over, and reads this "I do not care what you have done. I do not care what you have become. Please come home."

When I heard this, I began to tear up. The power of his love is so wonderful. He doesn't care what we have done. He doesn't care who we have become. He just wants us to go to him! We are all sinners. None of us are perfect. We have all done things that fill us with regret; we have been foolish and selfish. But, he still loves and wants us! His love is something that we can't understand. I can't describe his love. I can't even imagine the extent of his love.

Romans 5:8 says, "But God demonstrates his own love for us in this: While we were still sinners, Christ died for us."

Isn't this so amazing? I just looked in the thesaurus for synonyms that might help me describe God. We could say God is wonderful, amazing, admirable, astonishing, awesome, brilliant, divine, fabulous, fantastic, magnificent, incredible, marvelous, miraculous, outstanding, phenomenal, remarkable, sensational, stupendous, superb, terrific, tremendous and wondrous. I'm looking at all of these words, and they still aren't enough to describe him. How is it possible that I, being a sinner, am worthy of his love? How could he DIE for me? He loves me. He loves you. He loves us.

Doesn't this make you feel so happy? Because of this, we should praise him all the time. At times, it might seem like God isn't there, or he isn't answering your prayers, but look at what he has done for us! He has loved us in a way we cannot even comprehend. He died on the cross for us, and all of our sins were forgiven! How could we ever stop praising him?

So, let's praise him! Praise him! Praise him!

I'm so grateful that you read my post today. It means so much to me to be able to share about his glory to you all! Here's the song I listened to while writing this post: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hxFyX29pZnI


- kjoosaurus out!