His Love For Us is Unchanging

Happy Wednesday sweet friends. I'm so thankful for the rain that has washed our land these past 2 days. It's been so refreshing and a break from the dry heat that has been present. Rain isn't my favorite weather however Monday night I prayed and asked the Lord to please send it along with a breeze. I'm so thankful He is a God who listens to the cry of His people. Today during home school we caught the breeze through our home with a little Fall chill. Fall is my absolute favorite!

So here is whats on my mind....

I don't think it's ever an easy thing to get a glimpse of your own heart however I do believe it's necessary. It's when we see the junk that lies within, is when we can see our great need for Him. I understand we are seen differently by God (and I love that by the way) but I also think if we thought we were perfect then we'd begin to lose our great need for a Savior. Every other religion is based off of works. How many great deeds one has done, how one sins less, and how often one serves and how good you are and how "perfect" you can be. For crying out loud who can live like that?!? Not me!

Why is it though that we see this within the Christian faith. First we realize our great need for Christ which is why we get saved and then shortly after we begin adding man made rules and laws as to how we should live. Please, do not get me wrong.... Paul tells us just because we live off of grace doesn't mean we should go on sinning. Also, we learn it's a sanctification process but Remember we are saved by God's GRACE and our faith. We display our faith by trusting that Jesus came to die for us personally and without Him we'd be separated from the Father for eternity. But you see the rest is all God. It wasn't us who bore the sins of the world it was Him. 

Understand friends, He is the one sanctifying us and changing us as we enter into this love relationship with Him. And that's what has me in awe today. I sit here reflecting the woman I was the woman I still choose to be at moments and the mistakes I know I'll make in this fleshly body and I'm amazed that He loves me. His love for me will NEVER EVER CHANGE! how many of us can say we love in that way? I know for a fact I love my children. Whoever they choose to be I'll love them. I may not agree and I will never condone a sinful lifestyle but I'll always love them and hope they'd change. Today as I was praying I realized I don't love others in that way. Not always anyway. I want to be more like Him. I want to see people in their messy lifestyle and flesh and I want to love em like Jesus. 

Would you join me in prayer,

Lord help us love people the way you do. Help us realize who we are without you and who we are with you. Help us to accept your grace and offer that same grace to others. Change us Father to more and more like you each day. Set a fire within our hearts so that we might spread your name everywhere we go. In Jesus name Amen!