God's love is bigger than our failures and stronger than any chains that bind us.
It was Scripture that I had hidden in my heart that quickly came to mind when my frustration felt stronger than my faith.
God stays faithful to us in spite of our repeated failures.
Because God loves us, he gives us lyrics to sing when our hearts can't form words.
Our joys will be doubled and our sorrows will be reduced and we will walk our life in community with the body of Christ. When you are with someone else, you are not nearly as willing to give up. So find a friend, be honest and walk together.
God's love never quits or fails or walks away.
God's Word does provide life lessons to teach us how to live. And it gives us beautiful poetry that gives voice to our human experience. And, yes, it does give us clear boundaries of what we should and shouldn't do so we can live our best lives.
Judges isn't just about people who blow it over and over. It's a picture of God's love that never fails even when we do.
Loving fathers give their children boundaries so they won't get hurt and can live with peace and purpose.
Not only is it mind-blowing that God would consider me - us - worthy of his love, but it's flat-out incomprehensible that God would give us his wisdom, compassion, guidance, and comfort by giving us his Word. It's totally humbling and such an honor. Thank you Lord!
Revelation isn't just end time's prophecy, it's God showing off his Son and his glory and honoring us, his treasured bride, with a seat at his table forever!
The peace, comfort, and hope God gave me made me feel like I really was walking in his light; those spiritual blessings were constant reminders that God really did love me. He loved me enough to tuck his Word in my heart so I'd have it when my eyes could no longer read it.
God shows us he loves us by giving us access to himself.
The difference between bitter and better is I.
Blindness brought with it a million adjustments and losses and emotions. But, there really was this unshakeable sense, deep within me, that God had already prepared me for the darkness. And he did it through his Word.
God pursues me, he sacrificed for me, and he calls me his beloved! And, not just me... all of us.
I think I felt God's love the deepest when I experienced my deepest loss. Amazing how God does that!
God is our loving Father who loves his children perfectly. So, every part of his Word is an expression of his love to us.
Because God loves us, he lets us know exactly how to have access to him.
Because God loves us, he gives us practical teaching and boundaries to protect our hearts. The whole thing is one big expression of a father's love for his children.
God gave us Jesus who is The Way.
God is not willing that any should perish but that all should come to repentance. It's all about love!
I'm 52 years old and blindness has been the single hardest thing I deal with every minute of every day.
I still feel the same way about God's Word as I did when I was 15 and lost my sight.
If you just read Leviticus on the surface, you may think it's just a bunch of grumpy irrelevant rules; but, it's actually the way God gave his people access to himself.