How deep the Father’s love!

Annie got sick at school this morning and showed up at my office door before 9am. Since I was in the middle of something, and there wasn’t an immediate urgency, I had her lay in one of my office chairs and wait till I could take her home. As she dozed I watched her, and thought how much I loved her; and I was reminded how much HE loves me.

Annie is 9, and she’s beautiful, fun-loving, witty, talented and a joy to be around. But I don’t love her for any of those things. I love her because she’s my daughter. My love for her is unconditional. My love for her has no bounds and no end. She couldn’t MAKE me stop loving her. And yet, for all that, my love for Annie is limited to the imperfection of this shell (this “jar of clay” 2 Corinthians 4:7) I’m living in. It doesn’t even scratch the surface of a greater love; God’s love; the love of the Father that I am the recipient of. A love that you too are the recipient of…

He loves me because He created me. He loves me because He has re-created me. He loves me in spite of my imperfections. He loves me because He’s my Father. He loves me because I’m His child. He loves me because HE IS LOVE. That is His nature; that’s what He does; that’s WHO HE IS. His love is unconditional. His love is eternal. His love is redemptive. He love us unchanging. I love Annie a little (though it’s as much as I have the capacity to love); He loves me a lot! And while I am encouraged by this truth, I really didn’t write it for me I wrote it for you! Because you need to be reminded today that you are loved.

Annie is right at home in coming to me. She feels secure, comfortable, loved. She has settled down and is feeling right at home in my presence. She has just fallen asleep. Today I choose to rest in the Father’s love for me, and I’d like to encourage you to do the same.

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