Love is not something He can force from
us.
Loving God is something we must do on our own because we are free. In other
words, if we learn to live and act in Christ's name, even when He is silent, we
are able to live our lives for Him because we choose to, not because we have
to. Jesus wants us to choose Him freely.
The most mature kind of love is the
love we have for Him based upon our freedom to choose.
In our pain, as we
choose Christ, we become stronger.
Just as He freely chose to die for us, we
can freely choose to experience Him in our daily lives.
Jesus is hurting and
agonizing with us.
If He could, He would take our pain onto himself so we would
not have to go through it.
Sometimes He does do miracles.
There are other
times, for reasons we understand and for other reasons known only to God when
He does not bring a miracle.
God has a path for you.
There is so much more He
wants you to do before you are done in this life.
When disaster strikes,
He is
not far off…He is near you.
When you lose a loved one He is next to you,
hurting with you, grieving with you, supporting and caring for you.
When we are
staring at death's door, He is on the other side with open arms to welcome us.
When people we love are hurt for no reason, He understands our pain, our anger,
and He feels what we feel.
When we are alone and are sinking into our private
pain He is hurting with us and reaches out to us to help us up to see His wonderful
Light.
When we are besieged on every side by every spiritual enemy, God is at
war with us, fighting the good fight alongside us.
Jesus said, “I will not leave you comfortless: I will come
to you.”
John 14:18
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