
God’s power is boundless: “He determines the number of the stars;
he gives to all of them their names…. He covers the heavens with clouds;
he prepares rain for the earth;
he makes grass grow on the hills…. He gives snow like wool; he scatters frost like ashes.
He hurls down his crystals of ice like crumbs;
who can stand before his cold?” (Psalm 147:4, 8, 16-17)
And still he cares for me. “He heals the brokenhearted and binds up their wounds.”
This week alone, I’ve had to rehearse the deep truths of God’s love over and over again. Jesus does not love me because I’m beautiful or organized or productive. He doesn’t love me because I’m talented or successful. He doesn’t even love me because I’m obedient or zealous. He just loves me. The depths of this are a rich feast that I keep diving deeper into as I study the Bible. I don’t pretend to completely understand it, but I do believe it.
Jesus loves me. And the only reason I love him back is because he loved me first.
I don’t merit his love or hold onto it because I’m worthy. (Ephesians 2:8) The truth is actually that I’m not worthy, I’m not enough. I’m broken. Broken and brokenhearted, wounded, diseased, and unlovely. BUT JESUS welcomes me anyway. He loves me and covers my brokenness and sinfulness so God accepts me, and THAT is amazing and beautiful.
Therefore, since we have been justified by faith, we have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ. Through him we have also obtained access by faith into this grace in which we stand, and we rejoice in hope of the glory of God.
Romans 5:1-2