~ How the Lord Loves ~

Today I was thinking of the lyrics to a song I like. - ' when the rain comes tumblin' down, will you be around? And when I can't find comfort on being found and I'm on the ground, will you be around?' Now, this song was supposedly sung to a boyfriend who wasn't being supportive. See, we don't need to ask God these questions because we all ready know the answer. YES. God cares for us even when we think that nobody else does. God loves us totally, forever, in amounts we cannot imagine. And one of the things that people misunderstand is that they only have to love God first until they find a spouse, but thats not true! God needs to be put first in everything, what we say, what we do, what we think. This can be hard (given our sinful nature) to understand sometimes. See, He is a jealous God, but this is meant in a good way, he's jealous to be our first love. Not jealous of our possesions as we can be of others. And the crazy thing is that no matter what, He will never stop loving us. Psalm 36: 5-7 ~ Your steadfast love, O Lord, extends to the heavens, your faithfulness to the clouds. (6) Your righteousness is like the mountains of God; your judgements are like the great deep; man and beast you save, O Lord. (7) How precious is your steadfast love, O God! The children of mankind take refuge in the shadow of your wings. From this verse we can tell that God's steadfast love is a gift to treasure forever! Often we can take for granted that He loves us so much! It's impossible for us (as humans) to love as God does, unconditionally. Come on, every one of us has had times where we just want to hate someone. Even if we love them most of the time, that's still not all of the time. God is always there for us. Even when things are going okay with us, we still need to pray. Like the song goes - 'Shall I take from your hand your blessing? And not welcome any pain? Shall I thank you in days of sunshine? And grumble in days of rain? Shall I love you in times of plenty? Then leave you in days of drought? Shall I trust when I reap a harvest? And when winter winds blow, then doubt?' The rest of it goes - 'Oh let your will be done in me, in your love I will abide. Oh I long for nothing else as long as you are glorified.' What a great song eh? This reminds us of how even on your best day, God is still sustaining you. (and yes, your worst days too. :) We all see couples well, just about everywhere and that can be discouraging. But, we have something better. (And never a break up either :) Just know that you are loved, no matter what. ~ Kendall