The chapter ended by telling me to take some time just to think about how amazing God truly is, and so I did that. I was laying in bed as I usually am when I read and I turned to the wall and leaned on it... well then the wall was too close and if I kept my eyes open I had to either strain to keep it in focus or just have it blurry. I didnt want to do either of those so I just closed my eyes. I figured since I left the light on I wouldnt have trouble staying awake. The next thing I know my mother is waking me up at 6:30 in the morning. I look around and I am on my bed upside down, my pillow is thrown on the floor, and the light is still on. However I slept like a baby so all isnt lost.
One thought in particular struck me after I was done reading. It came to mind because of what Jenna said in a comment on my last post... how its easy to understand that God loves me now and forever going >>>> that way.... but its so much harder to understand that he has always loved me <<<< now >>>>
Its hard enough to fathom him thinking about me before I was born, but even before everything else... possibly an eternity before? im just astounded by Him. Awestruck that he would write such a beautiful story of mankind and his sacrifice. What did he do before planning what he would do with us? hes been around forever... what did he do before creation? wow
and I thought understanding some of the concepts from Algebra 2 was hard.
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Isn't He beautiful though. =) Whenever I get to thinking like that, the beauty of Him just steals my breath away!
Everything He has made, here on earth, has been crafted with such intricacy! We look at it so much, we forget, but there is so much beauty and it's only a small, miniscule taste barely touching the tip of our toungues! It awes me. =)
And His love! Oh, His love!!!! You can feel it welling up inside you! If you let it, it fills you,and it overflows! It flows down you and drips to the ground, leaving a trail that anyone can see!
You can feel it surrounding you even when it seems most unlikely! And if you allow yourself to feel it, then it's impossible to keep for yourself! It's like a traveler who in a desert who has found a pool of cold, clear, perfect water, and tastes it. It is sweet to the toungue, and one drop will multiply to millions within seconds, yet still it is as refreshing and desirable as ever! Though he will never get his fill of it,he wants to share it. Something so perfect, so wonderful and beautiful, can not be kept to ones self, so the traveler takes one drop, only one, and begins to journey to find others to share the water with, and with each step he takes the one drop in his mouth multiplies, not to millions, but enough that it runs down his face in the form of tears. Tears of joy for this wonder, and tears of sorrow for those who have never been able to share in it. The tears multiply as they fall, and soon there is a great river of the water following him, and at the end of the river, the original pool that the traveler took the one drop of water from.
One drop of God's love is enough to fill us a thousand times over, yet He still pours in, and we never can tire of it, and if we take even a small bit of that love, and in love, share it with one another, it multiplies in ways we can not imagine! Because, now, that same love is pouring from us! Our love itself becomes as Gods love! Not as perfect, no never, but it still leads right back to His love. =)
Haha. Sorry. =) You can see that this excites me. =)
God is great and we definitely dont deserve it. Im in full agreement with how you said that His love for us is inconceivible...like words cant even describe. I remember one time when I was reading my Bible I was in Isaiah (i think it was chapter 52), and I read this one verse and just started crying almost uncontrollably...it showed me how selfish we get, and dont even realize it...sometimes i honestly think God might be calling me to be a missionary. And the fact that he NEVER STOPS LOVING US!!! thats my favorite part...without his love, I have nothing. I am nothing. But with it, WE are everything! Love is definitely my favorite attribute of God. It's funny, last week i heard 3 different messages all on God's love and all three times they were almost exactly the same. And yet i cant stop wanting more. That just proves the consistency and timing of God! He truly is incredible and extraordinary. The best thing that could ever happen to anyone. hmm...i have Crazy Love...maybe it's bout time i start reading it ;)
Don't just read Crazy Love! I'm sure it's great and all, but the bible is brimming with verses about love. I just went through 1 John 4:7-21, and now I'm going through 1 Corinthians 13. Those are only a few out of the many though! If you take your time, and read each verse carefuly, you can learn so much!
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