"It always protects, always trusts, always hopes, always perseveres. Love never fails..." (1 Corinthians 13:7-8a)
In a world filled with rejection, divorce, danger, opting out, giving up, fear, and loneliness, it seems as though these verses do not hold very much water. And when cynicism has won over my heart, I no longer believe the truth of God's love. Sarcasm becomes my defense mechanism, bitterness my life-line, and apathy my protective barrier. I don't have time for that person to let me down again, I just don't think that other person is ever going to change, and I am tired of someone else's BS. My heart has become numb to hope. I fail to love the way I am supposed to. And I realize that I fail to love because I fail to believe God's love for myself. I fail to believe that God can love me despite all of my shortcomings. I find myself once again in need of the Cross. I need to stand in its shadow once again and realize the grace that God extends to me. And this is not the first time I find myself back here, not even the second time, I find myself here every day, every moment in need of the Savior. God's sacrifice on the cross means that there's always hope, there is Someone I can always trust, and there is a love that truly never fails. No one is beyond the reach of God's love. Being loved by God makes me know that that there is no heart is too bitter to change, no person too depressed for God to lift up, and no soul wretched enough that God's grace doesn't extend to them. For God always hopes, always perseveres, and His love for us never fails.
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