Words of Love

 

I don’t just love you
 
I like you
I enjoy you
You thrill me
 
My heart leaps
My face light up
My spirit smiles
 
At the sight of you
 
I am not weighing the good and the bad
I am not measuring you or keeping track
My evaluation is already completed
 
Approved  -  Accepted  -  Loved
 
I see all that you are
 
Welcomed  -  Celebrated  -  Embraced
 
As I consider you, I am
 
Hopeful  -  Joyful  -  Full of love and promise

 

I would say these words to my children. My feelings may not agree with the truth of these words every minute of each day – I get frustrated, annoyed, angry and hurt just like every one else. But they are still true! Even when I am hurt by or angry at one of my sons, I still love them fiercely. I am not a perfect parent and I don’t expect perfection from my children. I aim to keep my love for them unconditional, to love with expectation that we are growing stronger and closer.

I believe these words show how God loves us. God is a perfect Father. I believe these words are true from God to each and every one of us. I find that religion has perverted the truth of the gospel into a relationship of earning and performance. That is a perversion indeed! We are not performing for love! We could never earn what God has freely given us. His love is not conditional on our behavior or even our motive. He loves us unconditionally. When we receive Jesus by faith, we are made new and the Father sees us through the redemption of Jesus. God’s love is always “on” towards us. His love is cheerful and full of joy, promise and HOPE!

These are the words of love I hear from a good and faithful God to each and every one of His children.  I believe it is important that we hear them!  As much as we need to speak the truth of love to those we are close to, we also desperately need to hear them!

Rest in the truth that YOU are loved!

 

 


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