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This morning, I was sitting here thinking about me and my past and how the song that Pastor Mark has on his page, 'Never would have made it', and how it so much applies to my life. I had a very dear friend of mine that passed away this past Saturday, and his passing brought back a flood of memories from my past, and the person that I used to be in the past. Thank God for deliverance and salvation!!! As I reflected back, I remembered being about 14 or 15 yrs old and having this 'major' crush on this young man, and how he wasn't thinking about me and everytime I saw him, I did whatever it took to get his attention, and to try to win his affection. And now, as I think about it, I can't believe some of the stupid things I did to try to get this young man to just notice me. With all of my efforts, none meant anything to him. So, I resorted to just remaining a 'good friend' to him and that was it, all of these years. lol...But anyhoo!!! Saying all of that to say this.
Thinking about the Father, and how good He has been to me and thinking about how foolish we can be and ignorant we can act when we are trying to get someones attention, just to get them to notice us and maybe, just maybe, even fall in love with us, to be stopped in our tracks and to never be noticed by them and for it to lead to disappointment and no 'true affection or love' coming out of it, makes me thank the my Father for loving me regardless. He loves me without trying to impress him. He loved me when I thought I was the uglies person on the plant,(because I had been told that). He still loved me when I had to wear the same clothes over and over again and tried to impress others, knowing that they talked about me behind my back when I walked away. He still loved me when I walked in such a depression and lack of self-confidence in myself because of my shortcomings. He still loved me when I had 3 kids out of wed-lock. He still loved me when I felt so bad about myself that I end up weighing over 300lbs because food became my best friend. In a nutshell, He just flat out loved and still loves me regardless of it all!!! Never would have ever thought I could have and still could be loved the way that He loves me. No earthly man or woman can love you the way the Father loves you. You don't have to impress Him. You don't have to do anything special to get His attention. You don't have to look a certain way for Him to be all googie eyed over you. You don't have to walk a perfect way for Him to love you. He just 'LOVES YOU'!!! You know, even if you decide not to receive Jesus in your heart and live for the Lord, He still loves you! If you decide that to you would just rather go to hell then to live a Christian life, though it would grieve His heart, He would still love you! The bottom line is, 'The Father Loves You'! He would never leave you nor forsake you. He would never treat you as if you don't exist. He would never expect you to try to look your best just to impress Him. He would never expect you to do something out of the ordinary to win His love and affection. Regardless, He loves you. But!!! Yeah! But!!! If you do decide in your heart that 'He' is the one for you. Your true love. Your first and only love! Wow!!! What an amazing feeling. What an awesome joy. What a love. Never-ending! Unconditional! Undying Love!!! You will never have to feel alone again. Even when you don't have a that physical person in your life, God will show you a love that is so much better than that man or woman can ever show you. He will never let you down. He will fill a void in your life that is unimaginable. Fill it with a love that no one can ever take away. If you are feeling alone, or rejected or forgotten, Try Jesus! He is your one and only, 'First and True Love'!!! 31:6 Be strong and of a good courage, fear not, nor be afraid of them: for the LORD thy God, he [it is] that doth go with thee; he will not fail thee, nor forsake thee.
4:16 And we have seen and had faith in the love which God has for us. God is love, and everyone who has love is in God, and God is in him.
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