Enter By the Narrow Gate

    Max Lucado is a christian author (from TX, might i add lol) and he has written this one book that I could go on for days about, its called, A Love Worth Giving, and if anyone is looking for something amazing to read this summer, pick this up… I thought that I could follow what I wrote about yesterday with a couple of things that Max Lucado talks about in his book. He opens the book with this… (its super powerful, so read it a few times…)

   “GOD LOVES YOU. Personally. Passionately. Others have promised and Failed. But God has promised and succeeded. He loves you with an unfailing love. And His love-if you will let it- can fill you and leave you with a love worth giving.”

   Have people you call your best friends ever said something behind your back and you found out about it? Has the boy or girl you are dating ever betrayed you? People hurt our feelings, they lie, and cheat and do things without even considering the consequences… you feeling unloved. Which doesn’t work, because we were created to love and be loved. For instance, hang with me here, my mom’s dog, Cody, she bought him for the sole purpose of loving him, and boy does that dog love her… Cody almost looks depressed when she is not at home, and when she gets home he follows her everywhere, sits with her, snuggles with her, plays with her and barks when there is an “intruder.” His purpose in life is to love my mom, and he does it well… 

   God loves you like that, well kind of, His love is even better, He is always there, He never leaves. He sits with you and listens to you. He holds you close when you need comfort, He laughs with you. And He protects you against all the hurt of this world. He loves you more than you can even imagine, its the best love story ever created, and He did it all just for YOU… 

  ”God showed how much He loved us by sending his only Son into the world so that we might have eternal life through Him. This is real love. It is not that we loved God, but that he loved us and sent his Son as a sacrifice to take away our sins.” -1 John 4:9-10