I don’t know what happened to yesterday’s blog.  When I logged in just now I see that it is missing.  I’m no techy nerd so I’ll let it go as something I likely did and didn’t know I did!  Yesterday was quite the day.  It started with devotions where I felt God wanting me to readdress my journaling back to His Son Jesus.  I quickly learned why as I needed to now see Jesus just as powerful as His Father is.  There were several things which took place yesterday morning that I won’t go into at this point.  They were confirming in one way and very challenging in most others.  I found myself wondering just how much God does love me.  I was so gripped by all of this that I got up at 4:30 this morning to see what God in His Word had to say to me.  I’m in Mark and the chapters leading up to Christ’s death on the cross.  He’s hammering into the disciples the message of faith and trust.

As I got to my journaling I asked God where in scripture does He precisely say He loves me?  There are hundreds of scriptures saying what He does for us out of His love.  Somehow I needed to know that He simply loves me.  I found in John 15:9 where Christ said, “As the Father has loved me, so have I loved you.”  This verse says so much to me today.  As I’d mentioned a couple days ago about the 7-Pillars class, I needed to write 4 encounters I’ve had with God.  I also needed to support the encounters with verses that show the validity of each one.  The first encounter I wrote was going back to my first counseling 28 years ago.  Christ had told me my brother had never abused me to hurt me.  He was only intending to gratify himself.  Secondly, Christ said, “And, I want you to know I love you.”  This scriptural validity I found in the verse from John.

I have worked so hard for God’s love and affirmation.  Now, He is wanting me to know firmly, once and for all, He loves me without any works attached.  I am free to serve Him out of my love for Him rather than trying to earn love in return.  How I want these seeds to grow within me.  I hope this is happening too for you.  God’s love through His Son Jesus Christ is as real for you as it is for me.