In Too Deep

“The Lord who has compassion on me says, Even if the mountains shake and the hills crumble, my unconditional love for you will remain steadfast.” The agreement that He will keep me peaceful is irrevocable.” Isaiah 54:10 (Personalized)

I am still ruminating about the quote from Charles Dickens. “The whole difference between construction and creation is exactly this: that a thing constructed can only be loved AFTER it is constructed; but a thing created is loved BEFORE it exists.”

When I think about God loving us before we were even created it brings solace and comfort. He prepared this world first, making everything good (Genesis 1:31) and then placed Adam and Eve. When they sinned because of free will; He had a plan to redeem this world. (Genesis 3:15)

Kira J says, “The highest form of love is consideration. When someone thinks about how things would make you feel. Pays attention to detail. Holds you in regard when making decisions that could affect you. In any bond, how much they care about you can be found in how much they consider you.”

“When I consider Your heavens, the work of Your fingers, the moon and the stars, which You have set in place, what is mankind that You are mindful of them, human beings that You care for them.” Psalm 8:5, NIV

According to Dictionary.com, Consideration is defined as, “careful thought, typically over a period of time.” Psalm 139 speaks to God knowing us intimately and knowing us even before we came to be.

Paul asks the question in Romans 8:38, “Who shall separate us from the love of Christ? Shall trouble or hardship or persecution or famine or nakedness or danger or sword?”

Jesus told us to “Consider the ravens: They do not sow or reap, they have no storeroom or barn; yet God feeds them. And how much more valuable you are than birds!” Luke 12:24, NIV

I am convinced that with God, He is just in too deep to let us go!

“Consider how precious a soul must be when both God and the devil are after it.” Charles Spurgeon. The devil, however, does not love us. God does.

"The question is not, 'How am I to find God?' but 'How am I to let myself be found by him?' The question is not, 'How am I to know God?' but 'How am I to let myself be known by God?' And, finally, the question is not, “How am I to love God?” but “How am I to let myself be loved by God?”

-- Henri Nouwen

"God's love is like an ocean. You can see its beginning, but not its end." — Rick Warren

Dear Heavenly Father,

Thank You for Your love! How vast and wide and deep it is! I know no matter where I go, there’s nowhere I can escape Your Presence. Show me how I can accept being loved by You, so I can show forth Your Power in Your strength. It’s a comfort to know that You will never leave me nor forsake because You are in too deep. You are at the very door of my heart. In Jesus name, Amen.

"Your worst days are never so bad that you are beyond the reach of God's grace. And your best days are never so good that you are beyond the need of God's grace". Jerry Bridges

“When I think of all this, I fall to my knees and pray to the Father, the Creator of everything in heaven and on earth. I pray that from His glorious, unlimited resources He will empower you with inner strength through His Spirit. Then Christ will make His home in your hearts as you trust in Him. Your roots will grow down into God’s love and keep you strong. And may you have the power to understand, as all God’s people should, how wide, how long, how high, and how deep His love is. May you experience the love of Christ, though it is too great to understand fully. Then you will be made complete with all the fullness of life and power that comes from God. Ephesians 3:14-19, NLT

“There is no pit so deep that God's love is not deeper still.” Corrie Ten Boom

Be blessed to be a blessing.