Oh How He Loves You and Me!

When my daughter was a toddler, we had a favorite game we used to play. I would say something like, “Do you know how much I love you sweetheart?” She would reply, “No, how much dad?” “I love you thisssssssssssssssssssss much,” I would say, holding the note for as long as I could. We would then collapse together in the couch or whatever was near by for some smooches and tickles. My daughter would laugh hysterically; feeling assured that her dad loved her down to his last breath. For my daughter, that was never enough. “How much do you really love me, dad?” she would beam, waiting for whatever I could come up with to top my last demonstration. Finally, I would say, “I love you infinity, darling” and that would end the questions. You just could not top infinity.

And although I believed that statement with all of my heart and I am sure that my love for my daughter could not be measured, I am also sure that my love absolutely pales in comparison to the Father’s love for her. This is sometimes a difficult truth to grasp, but it is a truth worth knowing and coming to terms with. God’s love for us is so great that even as we reject Him and tell Him no thanks, He loves us, forgives us and bids us to come.

Do you have this assurance friend? Do you have absolute confidence in the love of God for you? Consider this thought for a moment. We all have things in our lives or in the past that we are not proud of. Could you imagine confessing all of those faults to the people who you are most familiar with, like family members, coworkers and colleagues? Grizzly thought. Think of the judgment, the feigned shock and the hungry bites for the “juicy” gossip!

Yet God already knows all of these things, but He doesn’t count them against you. No false judgment, no visible gasp and no condemnation. Just our Lord saying, “Hey friend, do you know how much I love you?” “No, Lord, how much?” “Infinity, beloved, infinity.”


Take a look at Luke 7:1-10 and meditate upon the poem below. I pray that it will lift your faith as you consider His great love for you. I am looking forward to taking the 40 Day love journey with all of you! God bless.


How Much More
Luke 7:1-10

If a man can love his servant
How much more the Son of Man
If a man would seek to save him
Would not Jesus take your hand?

If a man can care so deeply
That he would move mountains for a slave
Would not He who loves completely
Care about your every prayer?

If a man would seek the Master
To lead Him to his servant’s bed
Is not He the One who numbered
Every hair upon your head?

If a man would give his son a fish
And would not give a stone
Would the Lord not give you mercy
When you approach His Throne?

If a man could love a friend so dear
Regardless, rich or poor
How much more He loves you my friend
How much more, how much more!


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