Are You Questioning the Love of God?

11/10/2012

Christian Devotional Blog on the Love of God

A knock came on my door late one night as I prepared for bed.

“Mom,” a little voice sounded on the other side. “Why doesn’t God love me?”

I hesitated a bit before responding.

This child had been schooled in the reality of God’s love since birth – and even before that.

What in the world was going on in her head? And I asked her why she was feeling this way.

“Well,” came her trembling response. “You told me that God gives sleep to those he loves and I’m still awake. So --- he must not love me.”

I have to admit, I was a little thrown off by her logic. I was glad that she remembered the scripture on sleep that I’ve been drilling into her head, but I was a little confused at her deduction.

Did God’s love for her change just like that?

Was he so fickle, so quick to change his mind ...

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Nancy

11/12/2012 11:35:04 am

Thanks, Debbie. I needed that! :)

Debra Torres link

11/13/2012 07:35:30 am

You are welcome! I pray my writing would touch hearts. Glad it touched yours - it's an answer to prayer for me!

John Alexander link

11/13/2012 07:23:09 am

Excellent story on understanding God's love!
One of the things we need to remember is that once we accept Jesus and the work He did on the cross, God actually changes our status. Now instead of being separated, we become sons and daughters and have a living relationship. I believe when we think about the meaning of life, God actually created us to love us. And He sent Jesus to do the job of restoring us (while we were still sinners) - His love still made a way to bring us back. As humans we really mix up the very meaning of "love." We love a good movie, we love to go fishing, we love what someone accomplished, we love the colour blue. But by using the word so much, I think it's meaning gets scrambled. We have the ability to love. But the Bible says God IS love. Christianity is very different than religion. With religion, man strives to please God by earning his favor. But with Christianity, it is God who first reaches down to us. When we accept Jesus, our status changes in God's books. But His love is so great that He is forever trying to draw each of us into a relationship whether we believe or not. And once we have a relationship, we can count on Him to finish whatever He starts.

Debra Torres link

11/13/2012 07:40:52 am

John, thanks so much for reading and for your wonderful comment. It helps give folks a clearer understanding of God's love. I'm so glad God reached down to me as a searching teenager many, many years ago. And ... he's not finished yet!

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