Happy Valentines Day, loves
I just wanted to take a few moments to celebrate a love that is more eternal than the twelve dozen roses that will die in two days. That is life-giving, not cavity-giving like the box of chocolates. That is sincere and genuine, not like the card he picked up at Walgreen's two minutes before he came home. This is the kind of love that all other loves should measure up to.
The LORD appeared to us in the past, saying:
"I have loved you with everlasting love;
I have drawn you with loving-kindness."
Jeremiah 31:3 (NIV)
And I will betroth you to me in righteousness and in justice, in steadfast love and in mercy. I will betroth you to me in faithfulness. And you shall know the LORD.
Hosea 2: 19-20 (ESV)
The LORD your God is in your midst,
a mighty one who will save;
he will rejoice over you with gladness'
he will quiet you with his love;
he will exult over you with loud singing.
Zephaniah 3:17 (ESV)
This is a love that is unconditional. And no matter how many times I am Gomer-- rejecting and running from this overwhelming affection--the Lord continues to pursue my wild and rebellious heart. This is the reason that I am willing to gloriously ruin my life for the gospel. How else can I respond to such relentless pursuit?
He has told you, O man, what is good;
and what does the Lord require of
you
but to do justice, and love kindness,
and to walk humbly with your God?
Micah 6:8
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