The love of God is aggressive, self sacrificing, merciful, faithful and caring beyond all measure, reason and emotion. The love of God is like that of a parent who puts all hurt and disappointment behind him and pursues his child.
God
has left no stone unturned in his pursuit of you. He sent Jesus to rescue
you. And in the continuous now He never lets go. He is faithful
in His efforts to continually draw you to Himself. When you run down the wrong spirit trails,
He stays with you to draw you back to Him.
It
is crazy
love; deeper and better than all joyful or tragic love songs. It is a love from the heart and mind,
supported continually by aggressively
kind and loving deeds. It is the only true love that exists… and it’s yours! It’s for you. It’s the kind
of crazy love every heart desires. And
if that’s not enough, He’s also your friend.
He unselfishly wants the best for you. He likes you, He jokes with you (you
mostly don’t get it), creates weird funny stuff for you (weird “coincidences,”
ironic situations, and comic events), and He encourages, empowers and makes you
who you were meant to be, who you truly are.
He
is always with you, continually trying to help you. When you fail (morally or
otherwise) and totally give up on yourself and want to die, He still believes in you and will put
you back on the path of life. He is the cheerful, faithful friend who lifts you
up. He has your back at all times: crazy love, crazy friendship.
From
my point of view, God is crazy to love so
much. Somehow He can risk caring so
much. He can handle it. I suspect that
if you and I ever truly understood the love of God we wouldn’t survive: our
physical hearts would fail as a result of the magnificence of His love. Why does He care so much?? Why does He care
at all??God’s accepts us in His love. He’s our Father. In Jesus, he made us His own; He made us part of His family, whether we, or anyone else, recognize it. We bear His name. We are His. He is your parent and He wants to teach, bless, and train you.
Excerpt from Defeat Your Saboteurs
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