Do you know how much He loves you and me?  Do you see the Love?  Do you feel the Love?  Do you know that He is the ultimate Love of our souls?  He knows our names, every single one of us, He knows our dreams, He knows our passions, He knows our hearts, He knows our gifts.  How do I know because He gave them all to us before we were even born into this world?  He gives us new dreams and new visions as we grow in His love and as we understand His words.

Psalm 103: 1-2 (KJV)
1 Bless the Lord, O my soul: and all that is within me, bless his holy name. 2 Bless the Lord, O my soul, and forget not all his benefits:

Today as I read and listen, as I spend time in quiet reflection of a life lived and a life yet to come.  I know that the road gets rugged and the path becomes hazy; when I doubt and am unsure of the why’s; when I do things, I shouldn’t do; when I say the wrong thing, even when I hurt someone or don’t hold someone up when they need it.  When words fail me and my soul can’t handle the evil in the world; when He tells me to give someone a message and I don’t because I’m not confident that the other person wants to hear it, even when I fail and disappoint Him! He stills LOVES me… and YOU!

Psalm 103: 3-4 (KJV)
3 Who forgiveth all thine iniquities; who healeth all thy diseases; Who redeemeth thy life from destruction; who crowneth thee with lovingkindness and tender mercies;

Psalm 103 is a promise and a description of just how much He loves us… YOU and I were created in HIS image. We were created for His Joy, He forgives ALL (not part) of our behaviors, He heals all our diseases. (the diseases of our mind and our bodies and the ones that are deep in our soul) He has saved us from death and crowned every one of us in Love and MERCY. So, powerful and great is His mercy and grace that He chooses not to even see our behaviors; they have been wiped out by Jesus’ blood.

Genesis 1:27 (KJV)
27 So God created man in his own image, in the image of God created he him; male and female created he them.

He gave us a way home to Him because He couldn’t stand the fact that we are so undeserving to be with Him. Our way Home is in the form of His child that came into this world as a baby, grew up in this world just like us.  He had to learn to crawl, He had to learn to walk, He had to learn to run, He walked our streets, walked our paths, worked, lived side by side with us. He loved with greater capacity than any of us ever could, He experienced love and anger, loss and sorrow, He laughed and wept. He willingly gave His life for us! So, that we can live with our Father forever in a place far more beautiful and grand that this earthly home!

1 John 4:9 (KJV)
9 In this was manifested the love of God toward us, because that God sent his only begotten Son into the world, that we might live through him.

This is a description of how much YOU are Loved!!! If you are experiencing pain, hurt, defeat, doubt, and fear let this message be the one that holds you through the long dark night until You can see the light because His LOVE never ends, it never will and that is a promise YOU can hold onto! I’ve had many nights and days that I’ve only had enough power in me to say Please God I need you! I’ve had to say it over and over it became my lifeline in the dark as I’ve had to hold on. You can be assured that no matter where you are in the darkness or the light He is there holding you, He is feeling every ounce of your agony and your joy!

The hardest thing to do is to rejoice in the middle of trials but rejoicing is how we press in during the storms. Rejoicing is different for you and me it can be quiet and peaceful or falling at His feet. For some, it is shouting to the rafters.  Rejoicing can be in writing, drawing, and dancing. It can be holding the hand of another who needs comfort; it can be praying through His word or gazing at the beauty of the world He created for us. Rejoicing is intensely personal and I believe that our Father knows exactly what my and your rejoicing looks like.  I encourage you to rejoice with Him, talk with Him, walk with Him, dance for just Him, Love with Him and believe in His all-consuming LOVE for YOU.

The message today is that HIS breathing word is full of HIS LOVE for you!

Psalm 103: 10-12 He hath not dealt with us after our sins; nor rewarded us according to our iniquities.
11 For as the heaven is high above the earth, so great is his mercy toward them that fear him.
12 As far as the east is from the west, so far hath he removed our transgressions from us.