One day this winter, I went outside with some of my siblings. After awhile I was tired and started heading to the house. Sarah, one of my younger sisters, did not want me to go in, so I sat on the ground and was gonna stay for a few more minutes.
Sitting on the ground was a mistake. Sarah took the opportunity to make SURE I was staying outside with her. She wrapped her arms and entire self around me, and was not letting go! Try as I might, I could get out of her grasp. I attempted every trick I could think of to get out of her hold, but in the end, only made myself more tired.
Finally, exasperated, and Sarah laughing, she let me go. (just for the record, this was all in good fun)
As I was recalling this happening the other day, I thought, "Hmm, this is kinda like God's love." Once we are His child, He is NOT letting go of us. We can kick and scream (I may or may not have done this with Sarah), we can fall far from God in sin, or try to do things our own way because we do not like God's way of doing them. But friend, if you are God's child He is not gonna let you go.
Take a look at this verse in Romans 8. "For I am convinced that neither death, nor life, neither angels nor demons, neither the present nor the future, nor any powers, neither height nor depth, nor anything else in all creation, will be able to seperate us from the love of God that is in Christ Jesus our Lord." (8:38-39).
Nothing is going to make God stop loving you, my friend! A lady once told me that we can take hundreds of steps away from God, but because He loves us it only takes one step (repenting/asking for forgiveness) to get back to Him. May you. my friend, rest in the love of our great God today!
Blessings,
Jennah
