Do you know how much God loves you?
Do you REALLY?
Even when you are
limping along through life not even paying attention to Him and trying to do it all
by yourself?
Well, in Lisa Harper’s Malachi study she
tells us just that: God loves girls who
limp.
I was that limping girl for so long.
I already knew Him but I was in my “do whatever I want to” phase. I was self-absorbed. I was “in my own little world”. I didn’t do anything I didn’t want to do. I thought I was pretty “cute”. And to be perfectly honest I probably should
have gotten a DUI along the way. By the
grace of God I didn’t.
He was there in every circumstance (some of which I wish he couldn’t
have seen). He was there patiently
waiting on me. He called out to me his
daughter and I repeatedly ignored him. I
continued on...limping along through life.
He loved me anyway.
He loved me anyway.
How do I know that?
Ephesians 2:4-5 tell me “But
God, being rich in mercy, because of the great love with which he loved us,
even when we were dead in our trespasses, made us alive together with Christ—
by grace you have been saved—“.
Lisa Harper states the obvious...yet something that I think many of
us take for granted: “And how, if we had to “wear” our sin where everyone could
see it, we wouldn’t need to be reminded of our desperate need for God’s mercy”
Ouch huh?
Yeah.
But, he loves us anyway.
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ReplyDeleteHis love is amazing, that's all i can say!
ReplyDeleteYikes! If we were to wear our sin. Oh my. I think we'd think twice about everything in that instance. Great visual!! Great post, as always!
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I really love this post!
such a great post! sometimes we really need this reminder.
ReplyDeleteI love this, I too limped along much of my way! Thank you for sharing the statement by Lisa Harper is great! Thank you for linking up!
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