Love Me!

Over the past, well less then 24 hours, my heart has been broken for several reasons.  I have been on a rollercoaster of emotions, as storms raged in my soul.  Heart broken over loved ones, over situations where I put my heart on the line, only to seemingly get it crushed, but most of all heart broken by situations that cannot be fixed by man alone. And as the rain poured down, it was so evident to me of our need for a Savior. As I watched all that transpired, it was clear that heart break is a result of a place that is not our home.  Human beings will fail, but God never will.

I wanted to share a story with you that I had during one of the storms.  Riley, my precious baby Riley, shared with me a beautiful insight she recently received from a friend.  (I probably won't get all the words verbatum, but you'll get the gist)

Riley was discussing with a friend how Riley feels like she loves so selfishly.  How when she loves someone, she wants all of that person, their time, their attention, their affection, and vice versa. She wants to out pour her love on them as well. She was expressing how hard it is when the love is not returned because when she loves, she loves so passionately.  Her friend, in gracious wisdom replied.
"Riley, it is a gift from God that you can love that intensely.  But you know what else? That is exactly how GOD loves YOU."

To which Riley responded to me "God is just crying out to me.. "love me! love me!"

Wow. What a beautiful picture of the love that Christ has for us.  The truth in these words pierces my heart. During times of heartache and storms, when we push God away, when we rely on fallable human beings to fill us, when we love so fiercly it hurts, may we remember this truth.  Just as we love with a jealous love, so our God loves us that much more, and He is the only one who will never fail us.

Do you hear Him calling?..... Love me! Love me! Child, I am here!

"Though the mountains be shaken and the hills be removed, yet my unfailing love for you will not be shaken nor my covenant of peace be removed. says the Lord who has compassion on you." Isaiah 54:10