As a child did you sit on the grass in summer picking flowers apart while chanting “he loves me, he loves me not, he loves me? There was something fun about predicting love. Over the years when life has gone well and I feel God’s presence, I believe that He loves me. It feels good. I know it with my head and feel it in my soul. Of course He loves me.
Then in times of mental and emotional struggle I can feel anxious and low. It’s as if God has up and left the room. I have found it difficult to believe in the love that is mine. I want to feel it desperately. I need peace, a rest from my thoughts. These can be times when I get ‘stuck’ on the fact that I still sin. I’ve forgotten my identity as a beloved child of God. I’ve lost sight of the universe of grace. I have wondered how God could love someone like me? He loves me not.
Greater love has no one than this: to lay down one’s life for one’s friends.
John 15:13 New International Version
We don’t need ten good reasons as to why God loves us. God delights in His Creation. You were known, knitted together and loved before you were born. If we remember one thing it is that we are the pinnacle of his love – his vulnerable love shown by sending Jesus to die for us. There is no greater love than this.
We may chop and change in our beliefs, but God’s love is permanent. He has always loved you and always will. God tells us He is love Himself. We can’t convince God not to love us, but we do need to agree with God to find peace. Saying powerful but simple truths can help bring us freedom and wellbeing. Short prayers can help minister God’s love and faith to us. You may like to use Scripture or something like this:
You love me Father, You love me, You’ve always loved me. I know you love me because you sent Jesus. Holy Spirit remind me of your love in my heart. Amen.
In His love,
Bronnie
Reviving Hope 