love...never be the same

Lately I have come to fall deeper in love with Jesus. I don't know what is going on, but the Lord has constantly been reminding me of His love. Not the love that all of us Christians are supposed to accept because its the right thing to do, but this crazy, all abandoned, unconditional, non judging, not earned, grace filled, passionate love for me. I was reading in Mark about Jesus life and His journey to give His life for all humanity. I read of His struggle, His stress, His beatings, His persecution. But I went back and remembered His conversation He had with His Father in heaven. It was in the garden where the guy sweat blood. I don't know how stressed or how in agony you have been lately, but I doubt blood came pouring out of your face. He knew what lied ahead. He foresaw all of the lies He couldn't defend, the hate, the persecution, the whips, the pain. But ultimately He saw you. I mean pretty much what He told God was, "I am really in agony here. It is going to hurt. I mean people aren't going to understand. This is too much for me to do......... But I love them. I have to do this. Let your will be done." Jesus really deeply loves us. He knew what lied ahead. He knew every hit He was going to take and every pain He was going to have to carry, but in the end His mind was set on Me....on You! Man I don't know about you, but if you can just stop where you are and dwell on this, you can never be the same. No matter what we do or where we go, His love for us is on His mind. We can't do anything to earn it, we can only rest in it. Something is happening in me when I stop to see how much God loves me. I can't help but praise. I can't help but be filled with joy. I can't help but live different. I can't help but share it. Our Jesus loves us. Rest in His love... never be the same.

Check out a blog post and song from Josh Kennedy about this same subject. God is doing something with His love lately.

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This song has been so bouncing in my head...

True Love by Phil Wickham