Oh How He Loves Us!

           

     The title of today's blog refers to a song with the same title. I would like to dedicate this to my best friend.... and you know why!! : ) But There is so much JOY in knowing HOW MUCH HE LOVES US! The more you focus on His goodness, faithfulness, blessings, promises, Love, and life.... it will start to overtake you and make you smile a little more, laugh a little more, and feel a little more free and full of JOY!
And for anyone else who has have never heard this song... be blessed!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JoC1ec-lYps

Today I began to think about the small things in life. The beauty of nature around us, my children, being able to spend some time here with family, the small country town I live in, and a best friend I can confide and have many God chats with. Its the little things that make you stop to see How much He loves us! The little blessings that bring it altogether and make you take a step back to see God for who He really is! To see what His love does!

He is jealous for us! Deuteronomy 4:24- " For the Lord your God is a consuming fire, a jealous God." Do you know how much He loves us? So much that He doesn't want us to worship any other god or idol! So much that God sent His ONLY son! He wants us to know how much love He has for us and wants the BEST!  It also says, " What shall we say about such wonderful things as these? If God is for us, who can be against? Romans 8:31 A jealous God who is on our side.

How he adores us! Calls us His own! 2 Peter 1:3- " By His divine power, God has given us everything we need for living a godly life. We have received all of this by coming to know Him, the one who called us to himself by means of his marvelous glory and excellence." We are even called His very own. Did you know that we are made in the image and likeness of God? We are God's own design.Then God said," Let us make man in our image, after our likeness. And let them have dominion over the fish of the sea and over the birds of the Heavens and over the livestock and over every creeping thing that creeps on the earth." Genesis 1:26 We are uniquely made and have our very own design and look!


How beautiful we are to Him! Psalm 139:14- "I will give thanks to you, for I am fearfully and wonderfully made; Wonderful are Your works, and your soul knows it very well."
This also goes along with Him forming us in our mother's womb. He knew us.... just how many hairs would be on your head (curly or straight) and ( blonde, red, brown, or black!) Tall, average, or short! He loves you as you are and as His own.

In the midst of life, the busyness, the ups and downs,and highs and lows...... God just wants us to put Him at the center of it all! To know that we can prosper in whatever we do, because He loves us and is for us!

Deuteronomy 31:8 New Living Translation
"Do not be afraid or discouraged, for the LORD will personally go ahead of you. He will be with you; he will neither fail you nor abandon you."

We can be full of Joy when we slow down and allow Him to have his way in our lives. We can experience the fullness of His love in our lives!

I encourage you to take a step back and see everything around you! Let the Joy of the Lord fill you daily as you allow Him to lead you, as you see the little, but beautiful things, and see Jesus for who He really is!  

I love this verse that tells us exactly how to know that He is God....

 Psalm 46:10 New American Standard Bible 
"Cease striving and know that I am God; I will be exalted among the nations, I will be exalted in the earth."

Zephaniah 3:17 - "The LORD your God is in your midst, a mighty one who will save; he will rejoice over you with gladness; he will quiet you by his love; he will exult over you with loud singing."