(you are special to God)
Each One
What is it that you love? Not in a romantic or family sort of way… but
rather that thing that makes you say “I love ____”. It might be puppies or kittens; or maybe
college football. Perhaps it could be
kids; or even pizza or chicken wings.
You know, one of those broadly defined categories that really get you
excited.
Now think about how much more
you really love your own puppy…or your own children or your favorite pizza from
that special place in your hometown. That’s a love that goes beyond a
generalized feeling. It’s a love that is
filled with the personal knowledge of what makes the individual special, of
what sets it apart from the crowd.
It’s said that God loves
everyone. And the Bible bears that out.
Peter wrote that God desires that no one should perish, but that all
should come to repentance (2 Peter 3:9).
But there is an even deeper truth about God’s love. He doesn’t merely love “every one”...he also
loves “each one”. God knows every thing
about us…he has that personal knowledge that sets us apart from the crowd. Luke 12:7 says even the hairs on our head our
numbered. (And yes for some of us that
is not so difficult!) He loves me for
and because of who I am… and yes… he loves you as well.
So grab hold of the amazing
truth of God’s love… a love that is real… and special for you!
For you formed my inward
parts; you knitted me together in my mother's womb. I praise you, for I am
fearfully and wonderfully made.
Wonderful are your works;
my soul knows it
very well. My frame was not hidden from
you,
when I was being made in secret, intricately woven in the depths of the earth. Your eyes saw my
unformed substance;
in your book were written, every one of them,
the days
that were formed for me,
when as yet there was none of them. Psalm 139:13-16
Thanks
for all you do.
Brian
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Volume 6,
Number 45
Labels: God's love, Psalm 139, puppies
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