I have been loved well in my life.  I am unspeakably blessed in that way, and I cannot be more thankful for the people who have been part of that blessing.  I can understand why love not only comprises the first two commandments God gives to men, but rests at the heart of all the others as well Рwhen we love with a capacity only possible for human beings through the perfect love of Jesus, there is such a beautiful regenerative quality to that act.  Love covers a multitude of sins and casts out all fear.
Therefore to say that God IS love is to imply that he can produce in absolute wholeness by simply being near to us what we can only imperfectly extend to others when we are purposefully at our best.
What the candlelight of human love could not do, the sunrise of the love of the Redeemer has done in a moment.¬† My heart is whole.¬† I’m resting.¬† I’m in love and I’m in awe.¬† I wouldn’t give it up now for things I once would have killed for, and the fact that it doesn’t make sense doesn’t make it less real.¬† It’s becoming a catalyst of daily change, of constant renewal, of progressive freedom from the infinite blindness that has kept me from seeing even my own story rightly.¬† I am a worthless, weak, selfish, prideful, dishonest, dirty, broken daughter of a violent rebellion against all that is holy…and by grace I have been clothed, through no merit of my own, with the righteousness of the Son of the King of Glory.¬† His name has been placed on me.¬† His love is that good, that he would suffer so much to present US to his Father and say “Look!¬† Isn’t my bride gorgeous?”¬† His joy is in his beloved made perfect.¬† And when we finally get to that wedding day, for all of his gushing over us coming home I can’t imagine that we’ll notice anything besides how BEAUTIFUL he is.
Because it never really is about me.¬† It’s about the glory that Jesus gets out of loving me.¬† I pray that you will be a willing participant in the romance, all for the praise of the most magnificent King.¬† He’s worth it.
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