Beautiful

Driving back from the grocery this evening after a long week in which Old Scratch seemed to be at every turn trying to bust me upside the head, we were listening to Mercy Me's You're Beautiful. Sure enough, it got me thinking about how much God loves us. Consider this:

He didn't have to create man. He didn't have to make the earth, heavens and everything else. He just didn't have to! He wanted to. In Genesis when He says, let Us make man in Our image, he intentionally did this. Why? We could wonder until we see Him in glory, but the fact remains is...He did. He wanted to. Even went further than that. the Word became flesh and dwelt among us, as a sacrifice for our waywardness and sin. Zipped everything up at that moment. Because He loves us. Sends us rain, snow, sun, warmth, love, beauty, to remind us that He loves us. Everything that He does is because He loves us. We know that every good and perfect gift comes from Him. Why? Because He loves us! Think about that.

The song goes on to say...Before you ever took a breath, long before the world began, of all the earth and skies above, you're the one He madly loves, enough to die for! Combine that with the scripture that there is nothing that can seperate us from the love of the Father, we ought to see the picture that He really means this. He loves us!

When satan is there telling you can't do something, your past means something, you are never going to be good enough, why did you wear those pants?, nobody cares about you, your life doesnt measure up...Tell him to get lost and he is a liar that has lost the battle. Tell him that you're beautiful, you are a child of the King, you are a royal priesthood, your Father is the Beginning and the End, the maker of all and He is madly in love with you!!! tell him that he has no power over you and that you are going to press on, believe in what He did on the cross and that day when He walked out of the grave. Tell him that Jesus is acting on your behalf at the right hand of God Almighty! I have to believe our fear and timidity stems from us sometimes forgetting this. I know its true on my part. I needed a kick in the pants to remember this. Thanks to Him in the car tonite reminding me, He loves us!!

I wanted to share with you this thought and hopes that it encourages you! I know we all face struggles and certainly some do more than others, but in the end, the big picture, the endless infinite line, we are loved! Be encouraged today. I hope you are smiling now and warmed by the fact that He loves you!!

I needed to tell you,

danl