GOD LOVES US

God loves us with strength and power which is unknown to man. He loves us as his Beloved and longs to be close to us all the time. He is not a jealous God, but a warm and compassionate, lifelong companion who seeks to shower upon us every good and perfect gift. He thinks of us at every moment of every day. We are, literally, the center of his universe, loved beyond nature and animals and all the other beauty in the world. He created all of that just for us and only for us. The very cosmos exists because we were planned to be the center of it. There is no thought that comes through our minds, whether it is one of fear, anger or longing … that is not also felt by him. If we are sad and lonely, so is he. If we rejoice, so does he.

I am going through a health crisis right now. It is no accident, but the result of a lifetime of living in fear and anger and longing to be loved like I am the center of someone’s universe. No human can fill that need, only God. God wants my total attention, my total love and devotion so that he can bestow upon me all my heart longs for … all it has longed for since the moment I was conceived. Not one of us, “good” or “bad”, is conceived by accident. God longed for us from the center of his being. That is why we are here to live on planet earth. Every good thing is ours as soon as we ask for it, but we block it from happening with our fear … or perhaps with our feelings of unworthiness, anger and negativity.

I attended my great niece’s wedding last night. My best friend, Cindy, came to the wedding with me. It was wonderful having her there. We danced and celebrated and danced and celebrated. Everything was done with perfection, with beautiful attention to each detail. It was a joyful occasion. But I think the thing that touched me most deeply was that my niece’s sister-in-law and my niece’s husband went out of their way to speak with me and to make me feel welcome. That really warmed my heart.

Too often we are like the woman at the well who came for water to quench her thirst. Jesus told her that the only way to quench her thirst was to drink the waters of eternal life, eternal life lived in the presence of the one who created us. God simply wants us SO MUCH. His love is SO BIG, that human love pales in comparison. Nothing else is ever going to give us the satisfaction, the love and the tenderness we long for. God loves us, beyond doubt. He awaits our attention so that he can pour out all love and goodness upon us. We are the center of his universe. That is the way it has always been and the way it will always be until the end of time. We are blessed beyond measure if only we open our eyes to see.