What a Mighty God we Serve!

I'm constantly in awe of how loving God is! I feel so completely unworthy to be loved unconditionally in the way He loves us. It's amazing to know that no matter how many mistakes we make, He loves us just the same and just desires to have a close relationship with us.

Our church is now starting to do the study Experiencing God together over the coming weeks, and tonight was our first small group diving into it. I feel so privileged to help lead this group of girls in discovering God's will for our lives. In reading over this week's chapter, the thing that stood out the most to me was God's love. The second principle the study goes over is how "God pursues a continuing love relationship with you that is real and personal." No matter how many times I hear it, I can never quite grasp the amount of love God has for us. It's not simply that He got bored and thought He'd create some fun creatures to watch to give Himself a hobby. He chose to make us! He chose to create us in the exact way that we are so He could have that close and personal relationship with us.

I think back to the times in my life where I thought that someone else's love was enough for me. I went looking for love in other people and places when it was always right there in front of me. Through all of my terrible mistakes and wrong turns, God pursued me. He loved me enough to call me right back to Him. Even when I was so far away from, He never forgot about me. He was always right there, desiring that close relationship with me once again. I am so happy that I finally humbled myself and went running to Him after so many years of running away!

I found out tonight that three people close to me have decided to take that next step in their relationship with God. One of my them is one of my closest friends. I got a message from her today saying how she was wanting to get her life back on track with God. She had made a decision to follow Christ in the past, but had fallen away from Him. I've spent months praying for just that and today, I got to hear how God is at work in her life. I'm so proud of her and can't wait to see the growth God is going to do in her life! The other two people in my life decided tonight to take the first step into following Christ. They accepted Him into their life in a real and personal way. There is no greater thing to hear than that! God is truly at work around me and I am so delighted to see it!

Again I say "WHAT A MIGHTY GOD WE SERVE!" I hope you realize God's love for you and how He only truly desires that loving relationship with you. It's not a matter of being good enough for Him or trying to work your way into His arms, because He stands with them open, just waiting for you to come running into them. I can only hope and pray that you have come to that realization tonight. If not, know that I am praying that you will soon. Then and only then can you realize true happiness and unconditional love that I know to be so true in my life. It's not a religion... it's a relationship, and that's exactly what I pray you have with Him!