Let God love You
Is God’s love real to you? Do you want to talk about it?
When a child is fussy, what do you do? You take her onto your lap and talk soothingly to her. Maybe you sit in a rocking chair and sing until she falls asleep. Or, like me, you hold the baby in your arms and do a little dance and make up silly, little songs. Soon my grandchild relaxes and her eyes, resting on my face, seem to say, “I like that, Oma! Sing some more.” It always amuses me that I have at least one fan who likes my singing!
Can you visualize God caring for you like that?
Listen to what the Bible says: “The Lord your God is with you, He is mighty to save. He will take great delight in you, He will quiet you with his love, He will rejoice over you with singing” (Zephaniah 3:17).
God wants to take you onto His lap. He wants to hold you in His arms. He wants to quiet you with His love and with His singing.
Do you have an anxious spirit this morning? Let me suggest you do the following:
1. Sit quietly for a few moments and visualize yourself sitting on God’s lap. Or, if you like, being held in His arms with your head resting on His shoulder.
2. Write out the above verse and say it out loud, adding, “God is very fond of me.”
3. Go for a walk and pick up the “I love you’s” God has written on the canvass of nature:
1) White, fluffy clouds drifting into unique formations sometimes edged in gold.
2) A violet with its bright purple face peeking through the grass.
3) Trees dipped in evening sunlight.
4) A humming bird, in pulsating colors hovering near your window.
Be alert to God’s “I love you’s: tucked into a busy day.
As I was working my way through the crowds in Costco, I turned a corner, and there in the aisle were two sparrows doing a little hopscotch on the cement floor. As I approached, they soared up into the rafters. Ah, God’s “I love you”! I thought.
Lord God, I thank you that You love me more than I can imagine. Give me the grace to receive Your love and to pass it on to others today. Amen.
Questions: How do you visualize God’s love? What helps you in making it real to yourself?
About the Author Helen Grace Lescheid
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God’s love and how I visualize it–that those that don’t know Jesus, the people I love, come to know Him and experience the love that only He can give to live this earthly life in the way God intended His children to live. what helps me make it real, be real, is to reflect back to the day that I felt within the Lord and accepted Him as my Only Savior. this memory comes easily and always gives me strength when I’m feeling weak.
Tracy, as you go through your trial just know that you are not alone. as it says in Joshua 1:9-”Be strong and of good courage do not be afraid, nor be dismayed, for the Lord your God is with you wherever you go.”
Tracy,
Just wondering how you are and wanted you to know that you are in my thoughts and prayers….
tracy i am praying for you and know the God does love you and will help you through this time
I need a miracle
Tracy sending prayers up for you…
I needed this today, it is 8.54pm here in UK and today I think was the end of my marriage. It has been on the cards for weeks but it came to a head today. Its so good to know that God loves me