Do You Embrace God’s Love? Verses of God’s Love for YOU

Who can resist a toddler looking up at you with pleading eyes, upraised arms and wiggling fingers? I confess I melt when one of my grandchildren wants picked up or gives me hugs. It is precious to love them and also observe how they express love. When tired, they lay their head on your shoulder. When they want comfort, they asked to be picked up into your arms.

God, our heavenly Father, loves us lavishly and calls us His children.

But I wonder—do I embrace God’s love with the same openness as a young child?

Do I approach my heavenly Father with the anticipation of His loving response?

Some days I’m overly busy and don’t take time to remember the great love of God.  I rush from one thing to another without any thought of Him. Other times I’m pre-occupied or distracted and neglect to savor His precious love. Or I fall into self-condemnation, questioning my worth and listening to the lies of Satan.

When I stop to reflect of the depth of God’s love for me, how He sent Jesus to become one of us, how Jesus carried my sin to the cross and rose from death—

            I want to open my heart to receive more of this love.

When I embrace God’s love, my heart calms down. A quiet whisper to me soul assures me of this unending, unconditional love. Like an anxious child soothed by the nearness of the parent, my heart rests even when my world is spinning.

This love is not based on performance, on my striving to do things right, but is purely based on the truth that God love me, no matter what. Period.

And He loves you too. His arms will open with an embrace for you.

Read these words of love for YOU, from God’s love letter.

When you feel lost, lonely, discouraged, or depressed, I pray that you will remember

YOU ARE DEEPLY LOVED by God.

God’s love reaches you wherever you are.