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UNFAILING LOVE


"How priceless is your unfailing love! Both high and low among men find refuge in the shadow of your wings." (Psalms 36:7, NIV)
 
It's  springtime  and  It's most often known as the season of love; As one who has struggled with feeling unworthy of love, I especially take this verse to heart. God loves me with an "unfailing love." Wow! And what have I ever done to deserve this kind of love? Absolutely nothing!
 
To me, that is totally amazing. When I look at myself, all I can see are the countless imperfections, physical and emotional. But in God's eyes, those imperfections count as nothing. He loves  me for me, not for what I can do for him or for how much I love him. He loves  me "just because."
 
And because He loves me so much, He invites me to find "refuge in the shadow of [His] wings." How awesome is that? He not only loves me, He wants to take care of me too! Even when I'm running into walls or tripping all over myself or reversing my words so they don't make sense, He loves me and wants to take care of me anyway.
Lately I've been thinking of how when I'm at my worst, He's at His very best. Many times my health causes me to mess things up because I can't say or do something correctly, and then I try to laugh it off. Taking myself too seriously is a pit I don't want to fall into, although I know God will be there to pick me up even then.
 
So the next time I put a T-shirt on backwards, or wear two different shoes to church, or add cayenne pepper to a recipe instead of paprika, I'll try to laugh instead of fretting over my memory taking another nosedive. After all, those heavenly wings are just waiting to gather me in and comfort me.
 
Life is frustrating and hard, but remember that God is there through the good and bad times. He loves us no matter what, and all He wants us to do is allow Him to be our refuge!

"'Though the mountains be shaken and the hills be removed, yet my unfailing love for you will not be shaken nor my covenant of peace be removed,' says the LORD, who has compassion on you." --Isaiah 54:10, NIV

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