The love of God reaches farther than pen can ever tell, the song states. There
are not enough words to describe His love. A scroll might span the heavens, but
could never contain the whole of His love in words. So why do I even attempt to
write about His love? Because it helps me remember that nothing is about me. It
is all about Him.
God's love is the only constant reality. It says, “I love you you even though
you have decided you don't love me. I love you even though you have cheapened my
grace, and turned away from my love which died for you. I forgive you even
though you can not forgive another. I love you in your sin. I died for that sin
which separates you from my love. I died so you might be set free. I gave
everything for you to know my love-for you to discover faith in the midst of
fear-for you to discover joy in the midst of pain. For you to know that even
though your love should not be about you, my love was all about you.”
His love was all about me. My love should be all about others. He gave
everything for me. My love should honor His sacrifice, and be about the needs,
hurts, and pain of others. It is not about what I might want or think I need. It
is not about my hurt feelings, but about forgiveness. It is not about my pain,
but it is about the pain of someone else. It is not about what I want, but about
the needs of another. It is in giving His love away that I discover the depth of
His love for me. If I honor the depth of His sacrifice and love for me, I will
be His hands. I will reach out to others and share His love.
One day I will stand before the Lord who gave everything for me. In that one
moment the love I gave on earth will face the love of God in its revealing
clarity. It will no longer be just a reflection. I will, in that moment, know if
it was enough.
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