Day 3 "Loved Above All Things"
How Great the Love of Christ
Art by Peggy Collins
Good Morning Beauties!
To be loved above all things - can you imagine it? Above all sins of your past and your future. Sins of thought and deed. Everything! The Love of Jesus surpasses it all. Selah.
Let’s also look at this truth another way. You are loved above every good and perfect thing Jesus has created. His love for you is more! You are the apple of his eye, his favorite. Selah.
I truly believe it will take a lifetime to grasp the perfect love God has for each one of us. It’s a love like no other. We try to equate it with the love of a parent or a spouse, but our Earthly human love can’t compare to that of Jesus. No way!
Like Paul prayed for the Ephesians, this is my prayer for you today…
“I pray that out of his glorious riches he may strengthen you with power through his Spirit in your inner being, so that Christ may dwell in your hearts through faith. And I pray that you, being rooted and established in love, may have power, together with all the Lord’s holy people, to grasp how wide and long and high and deep is the love of Christ, and to know this love that surpasses knowledge—that you may be filled to the measure of all the fullness of God.” Ephesians 3:16-19 NIV
Most of us enjoy the “love chapter” in 1 Corinthians, chapter 13. It’s probably the most used Biblical verse at weddings. I’ve always viewed it as God’s standard for me to love my husband and others. You too? Today he asked me to look at it a different way. I read it as a description of HIS love for ME. WOW! What a blessing!! Please take a moment to read the verse, in several translations, and then journal truth about the love of Jesus for YOU. Selah.
There’s a worship debate I’ve heard over the years which draws strong opinions from both sides. “Why do they just repeat the same words over and over and over again?” My humble opinion - just an opinion from my experience - is that singing Biblical truths several times allows us to meditate on God’s Word through song. Is it necessary for every song, every time we worship? No, but I do believe there’s a benefit to meditating in song. With this explanation, I’m excited to include a song today that has been important in my Christian faith. It’s easy to sing and easy to memorize so you can close your eyes and just get lost in worshipping Jesus and receiving the truth about his love for you.
Your Love is Deep - Jami Smith
Love and Blessings,
Kendra
“Love is patient, love is kind. It does not envy, it does not boast, it is not proud. It does not dishonor others, it is not self-seeking, it is not easily angered, it keeps no record of wrongs. Love does not delight in evil but rejoices with the truth. It always protects, always trusts, always hopes, always perseveres.”