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.
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 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.
– from Defeat Your Saboteurs
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 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.
– from Defeat Your Saboteurs
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