Still In Love

It’s my wedding anniversary! Whoop! Whoop! 11 years down, 4 kids later and forever to go! Look at us now!
 

Typically around anniversaries I find myself asking my spouse, “Why did you want to marry me?” Or, “When did you know I was the “one?”
 

This year though, I found myself asking a new question. I asked, “Do you still love me?” I told him, “I know you love me, but after all this time are you “still in love with me?”

Do you ever ask God if he is still in love with you? Have you stopped and considered whether your heavenly father still loves you in spite of the years, the weight gain, the bad choices and sometimes even contrary attitudes? Is God still in love with you?

Love by definition is an intense feeling of deep affection. It carries the connotation of fondness, endearment and intimacy. Love can take on a form of a noun (person, place or thing) and also a verb (action or activity). No matter what country, nationality or dialect you speak, love is universal and can be understood by all!

I John 4:8,19 reads “God is love” and “We love him, because he first loved us.”
 

You see in asking my spouse if he is still in love with me, I'm in short asking does he still love himself.

If God is love it would be pretty hard for him to deny love to anyone. No different from an athlete who does not want to be athletic. How can you deny who you are?

Like God, my husband chose to love me. He decided to have feelings of deep affection for me, which led to him taking the step to propose and marry me. God also chose to love you. He proposed Jesus to you so you could receive his love and be married to Him.

God is love. He can never deny himself. He will never deny you.

Is He “still in love?” “ABSOLUTELY!” “Are you?”

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New Me - New Realm - New Reality

Are you familiar with the scripture John 10:10? Undoubtedly it is my favorite scripture in the bible. I feel like every answer to every question in life is summed up in just eleven words.

If you are contemplating over what job to choose; or how many kids to have; or where to relocate John 10:10 not only gives you perspective, but also the courage to move forward knowing that only the best is awaiting you!

“I have come to give you life and life more abundantly.”- John 10:10

The Message translation reads “More and better life than they ever dreamed.” The Amplified translation says, “I came that they may have and enjoy life, and have it in abundance [to the full, till it overflows].

Let's think about this for a minute. Jesus came to give us life and life more abundantly. What do you believe that life looks like for you? What/Who does it include? What/Who does it exclude? What do you look like? Who are you in the abundant life? Or even better, who are you willing to become for that life?

You see contrary to popular belief I firmly believe that life is a sum total of a person's willingness to participate. No one has any control over how life got started for you. However, we all have control over how we respond and engage in life.

I can hear the questions you're asking in your head; but what about when things go wrong? What if things don't turn out for the best? What happens if my life doesn't look abundant? Did I choose that?

The answer to these questions and more is still the same,  “I HAVE COME TO GIVE YOU LIFE.” You see God thru Jesus came to give you a whole new life. A whole new you. A whole new realm. A whole new reality. Your response to what he has given is what is making the difference in your life.

If someone who loves you was trying to give something to you, would you reject it? Or would you receive it?

Instead of asking what you are doing wrong, have you stopped to ask Him what he has done right? Ask yourself if you are willing to lay down your life to take up and receive a life that you really dream of?

When it comes to God, it's never a question of if he is willing. He is always on board with you. The question is are you on board with him?

So close your eyes and imagine for just a moment a new life – a new you- a new realm – a new reality. Now open your eyes to John 10:10 and start seeing that life in plain view!

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