When you read that statement, what exactly comes to mind? I can tell you personally, I get a good feeling for about five whole seconds and then it disappears. Why it disappears can be explained many different ways, however, the most profound reason is that of what we know as humans. All we really truly know is disappointment, whether it is in ourselves, in someone close to us, or maybe even in something bigger than ourselves. Every day we wake up to a world full of disappointments, of broken promises, and of shattered dreams. At times, to someone without Christ in their life, waking up is something that one may even dread for they know the world in which they are waking up to. The fact of the matter is, as a Christ follower and as a women wanting desperately to love and serve him, I find myself in awe at my inability to understand the full magnitude of the statement. Love, for most people can be taken with a grain of salt, if even that. For the most part “Love” in today’s society has become a word thrown around like a football on a Sunday afternoon. So it almost becomes understandable how not understanding it is so easy. How deep? Simple question really. How deep does our fathers love for us go? Well… one picture that is used often describes eternity I think can also be used to also relate to this idea. It is often said that to measure eternity you should picture the Grand Canyon. Now picture a bird dropping a grain of sand into the Canyon once every thousand years. When the Canyon is filled up… eternity has just begun. I honestly believe that the human brain is incapable of being able to fathom the idea of eternity. And much like eternity, it is equally difficult for us to fathom the extent to which God loves us. Imagine being loved from every hair on your head, to your toes. Not one inch of you receiving any less love than another. Love that is so strong it can withhold the largest storms, and the most difficult situations; love that can overcome even death. Even in my attempts to understand by picturing the love my father has for my mom, which I must say is deep in and of itself, I come to realization that it does not even hold a candle to God’s love for her, or me, or for you.
If that picture of love is not enough, try picturing this. “For you created my inmost being; you knit me in my mother’s womb.” “My frame was not hidden from you when I was made in the secret place. When I was woven together in the depths of the earth, your eyes saw my UNFORMED BODY. All the days ordained for me were written in your book before one of them came to be.” (Psalm 139) God wrote our life story before one day came to be. He made us. He crafted each and every one of us in his own design. Every hair on our head, our smile, our eyes, were crafted by HIS hands. Think of every single detail about you, your body, your personality… etc. that is A LOT of details, and to think that God did it all.
In a world full of lust, and of broken hearts, it’s wonderful to know that there is a God who loves you deeper than you can even fathom. And that NOTHING you have done or will do can ever change that.
Give thanks to the God of gods.
His love endures forever.
Psalm 136:2
