Good morning Sis!
Today is a wonderful and beautiful day. It's Valentine's Day. The day of love in which people get together with a significant other or loved one and show their love and appreciation for one another.
Though today many usually focus on loved ones, remember who gave you the ability to love - God:
"We love, because He first loved us." - 1 John 4:19.
As I mentioned last Monday, this month we will be focusing on God and His love for us so that we can grow in the love we have for ourselves.
As I read through scripture and studied the Word this past week these words came to me and filled me with so much joy:
Daughter, you are my beloved. The apple of my eye. You are a rare jewel inside my ever flowing chest of treasures. I may have many, but you are one of a kind. There is no one like you. I loved you before you were conceived. I knit you together with purpose. I watched over you in your mother’s womb. I loved you when you paid me no attention. I chased after you when you pushed me away. No sin can stop me from loving you. No error can keep me from you.
Yes, I am your Father. The One who heals and mends. The One who disciplines you when you’re wrong. The One who hears every cry that you make. I am the One with you at all times. I am the One with you when you are in the valley. Even at the height of the mountain, it’s Me who is with You.
I keep a close watch over you My child. When you think you aren’t worth a moment of grace, I give it. When you feel like you can’t receive mercy, I bless you with it. I view you through the eyes of grace. Don’t be afraid of my intimate awareness. There is no place you can run that I won’t be there with you.
Daughter, I love you with an everlasting love. With a love that purifies and heals. A love that endures to the very end. You are precious in My sight. No one can change My view of you. Let this day be a reminder of who you are. You are a reflection of Me. A mirror image. Let this day remind you that you are loved by Me and that I have nothing but the best in store for you.
Daughter, your Father loves you more than you can even think and my thoughts of you are both constant and numerous. My child, rest well and keep pressing because I have not forgotten you. Nor have I forgotten the promises I’ve made to you.
Sis, true love comes only from God alone by way of Christ. True love is something that can’t be bought. It’s something that’s not even earned. We’ve done nothing to deserve the love of God. We’ve done nothing worthy to be loved by Christ. BUT in our flaws, sins, mistakes we are truly and deeply loved by them:
“But God clearly shows and proves His own love for us, by the fact that while we were still sinners, Christ died for us.” - Romans 5:8 AMP
Sis, today is Valentine's day so enjoy it with your loved ones, but remember who deserves your time and attention on today...Abba!
Weekly Scripture
"Beloved, let us [unselfishly] love and seek the best for one another, for love is from God; and everyone who loves [others] is born of God and knows God [through personal experience]. The one who does not love has not become acquainted with God [does not and never did know Him], for God is love. [He is the originator of love, and it is an enduring attribute of His nature.]"
- 1 John 4:7-8 AMP
With love,
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