1 John 4:19; "We love Him because He first loved us."
Loved with an Unfailing Love
God loves you with an unfailing love.
England saw a glimpse of such love in 1878. The second daughter of Queen Victoria was Princess Alice. Her young son was infected with a horrible affliction known as black diptheria. Doctors quarantined the boy and told the mother to stay away.
But she couldn't. One day she overheard him whisper to the nurse. "Why doesn't my mother kiss me anymore?" The words melted her heart. She ran to her son and smothered him with kisses. Within a few days, she was buried.
What would drive a mother to do such a thing? What would lead God to do something greater? Love. Trace the greatest action of God to the greatest attribute of God - His love.
And, oh, what a love this is. It's "too wonderful to be measured" (Ephesians 3:19 CEV). But though we cannot measure it, may I urge you to trust it? Some of you are so hungry for such love. Those who could have loved you didn't. Those who could have loved you wouldn't. You were left in the hospital. Left at the altar. Left with an empty bed. Left with a broken heart. Left with your question, "Does anybody love me?"
Please listen to heavens's answer. As you ponder Him on the cross,
hear God assure, "I do."
1 John 4:16
"And we have known and believed the love that God has for us. God is love, and he who abides in love abides in God, and God in him."