I received this very cool idea last week in an email from Nora, my Godmother in Cincinnati Bethlehem , not to mention that Friday at Calvary .
Face it. He's crazy about you.”
Isn’t that a great way to think about God? He is in love with us, totally crazy about us. Even when we turn away. Even when we try to ignore Him or disappoint Him. Even when we get distracted. Even when we get attracted by another “shiny object”.
Most loves in our lives would leave in a huff, if we treated them shabbily. The magic would be gone, the relationship would be over. But that is not God. God is ever there, working in His own way, reminding us that He cares deeply and always will. He is there in our thoughts, in our actions, in our doubts and fears. He is there in our moments of triumph and He sits with us in our moments of despair. He is there on our first day and on our last day, watching over us.
Whatever you think of God today, there’s only one true thing you need to know and to make a part of your understanding … He really is crazy about you. Pray on that today.
Justo -- what a great image. And what a huge dose of grace it is when we can even begin to grasp how much God loves us. I always grew up knowing God loved "us". It took me the better part of 50 years to appreciate that he loves ME, Rob, in exactly the way Nora describes. And when you even start to get it, it changes everything. Because when you understand, even a little, how much God loves you, how can you not fall in love with God? Once that starts to happen, you begin to truly believe you could do anything for him. And that is exactly how Jesus could die on the cross for us, even though he was every bit as scared as we would be. He was so secure in the love of the Father, and was so in love with His Father, that he could do anything for Him. And He did. What could it look like if we could learn to love Jesus that way?
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