...my relationship with Christ doesn't depend on my love for him, but on his love for me.
I have been reading Morning Devotions by Susannah Spurgeon and am convicted and challenged by her passionate love for the Savior. Yesterday's devotional left me praying for the same longing for living water that we see in the woman by the well. In the daily grind this week of cleaning up throw-up, potty training (yes, again...Ivy this time), disinfecting, doing lots and lots of laundry, fighting cabin fever...I am struggling to feel much of anything and praying the Lord would give me a love and affection for him that stirs my heart to rejoicing.
This morning's devotional met me right where I am...
I John 4:10- "In this is love, not that we have loved God but that he loved us and sent his Son to be the propitiation for our sins."
Susannah's meditation: "It is not my poor, cold, half-hearted love that is to satisfy and comfort me; but your love, great, and full, and free, and eternal as yourself!"
Praise God that it is His love (not mine) that brings salvation and perfect peace. Amen.
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Praise God indeed! I listened to "I Hear the Words of Love" last night, and your post reminded me of it, especially the 4th & 5th verses:
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I gaze upon the blood,
I see the mighty sacrifice,
And I have peace with God.
’Tis everlasting peace!
Sure as Jehovah’s Name,
’Tis stable as His steadfast throne,
For evermore the same.
The clouds may go and come,
And storms may sweep my sky;
This blood-sealed friendship changes not,
The Cross is ever nigh.
My love is ofttimes low,
My joy still ebbs and flows,
But peace with Him remains the same,
No change my Savior knows.
I change, He changes not;
The Christ can never die;
His love, not mine, the resting-place,
His truth, not mine, the tie.
Both your post, Jess, and your comment, Nathan, bless my heart and spirit. Thank you for them. Love you, Mom
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