The LORD appeared to us in the past, saying: "I have loved you with an everlasting love; I have drawn you with loving-kindness." Jeremiah 31:3
In an uncertain world, God’s love is certain. Emotions are changeable, even fickle. That is why we rejoice that God’s love is as far above an emotion as the heavens are above the earth. God’s love is an action of His will that is expressed and validated at the cross of Jesus.
God’s love is personal. I have loved YOU. With the Lord, we are not a number. We are not lost in the crowd. The Lord’s personal knowledge of, and involvement in, our lives is a basic element of this covenant love.
God’s love is permanent. …with an EVERLASTING LOVE. Since God says what He means, and means what He says, we have the confidence that nothing can separate us from the love that is grounded in Jesus Christ.
God’s love is persevering. …I have drawn you with LOVING KINDNESS. Loving-kindness is an Old Testament equivalent for mercy. Mercy is God’s active love in the midst of our waywardness, frailty and sinfulness. Thank God that when we are unloving and unlovable, the Lord perseveres with His loving-kindness.
"O Lord, in a world that is so fickle and changeable, we rejoice in the certainty of Your love, through Jesus Christ. Amen"
About Me
- Stand on the Truth
- By my senior year of college, I had become a sarcastic agnostic with no time for religion. Then I was confronted for the first time with the claims of Christ and the Gospel. My life was instantly and permanently changed. The purpose for my life - and this blog - is simply to engage in, and promote Biblical thinking and a Christ-centered world view.