The WORD on Wednesday: God's Unfailing Love

Sometimes I feel like God has deserted me...

that I am alone;

that He longer loves me.

Sometimes

 I even feel as if the words spoken on the cross by Jesus Christ could be my own...

"My God, My God, why hast Thou forsaken Me?"

(Matthew 27:46b KJV)

Others have felt this way before me;

even King David, a man after God's own heart

 (see Acts 13:22 KJV).

In Psalm 42:9, He writes

"I will say unto God my rock,

Why hast Thou forgotten me?

why go I mourning because of the oppression of the enemy?"

~

You see
 (and I am reminding myself here)

these feelings that God has deserted you,

that He doesn't love you,

that He doesn't care for you or your needs...

are just that--feelings;

NOT reality.

~

The truth; the reality can be found here

in these verses also written by King David,

under the inspiration of the Holy Spirit:

  Your unfailing love, O LORD, is as vast as the heavens;

Your faithfulness reaches beyond the clouds.

Your righteousness is like the mighty mountains,

your justice like the ocean depths.

 You care for people and animals alike, O LORD.

How precious is Your unfailing love, O God!

All humanity finds shelter in the shadow of Your wings...

Psalm 36:5-7 NLT

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So the truth is

you and I are not alone,

God has not deserted us.

And despite the circumstances that you and I are facing

God loves us

and

He wants you
and I to know that.

~

O God,

Pour out Your unfailing love on those who love You...

Aimee

 ~

Photos:

Central Oregon coast range wildflowers

Gleneden Beach

A view on a rural road in Lincoln County, Oregon

Notes:

Scripture quotations marked (NLT) are taken from the Holy Bible, New Living Translation, copyright © 1996, 2004, 2007 by Tyndale House Foundation. Used by permission of Tyndale House Publishers, Inc., Carol Stream, Illinois 60188. All rights reserved.
Last scripture verse Psalm 36:10a KJV