no.116 130824 Thank you for Your unending love

"Crazy Love" by Francis Chan

I'm in love.

I'm not sure when was the last time I had this kind of feeling. This feeling came to me last night when I was praying before going to sleep. It was getting late, plus, the video made me want to talk to God so I paused Francis Chan's sermon "Prayer as a Way of Walking in Love" and I started praying. My heart was beating fast, I was super hyper, I was eager to spend time with God, talking to Him, knowing that He wants to hear my voice. Do you know the feeling when you discover that the person that you like also liked you this whole time? The moment when he tells you that he likes you and inside you're thinking "oh my gosh, am I really hearing what I'm hearing?" so you get so excited that your heart is racing? That's the feeling I had just before, and while I was praying last night. I was overjoyed because of God. I have experience this kind of feeling for God before, but I think it's been a while since the last time I felt this way.

I went to praise night at my church today. When I first saw the poster, I felt like I needed to go to this event because I wanted to worship God with my heart. The praising part was the only thing that I was looking forward to, but I was blessed through the message by the guest speaker, as well as the Broken Bread Worship Project itself. Usually, when I hear a message about God's love for us, I think I accepted it in my head but not so much in my heart. Today was different. The Holy Spirit must've guided my heart, I truly felt God's love for me this evening.

"Therefore I tell you, do not worry about your life, what you will eat or drink; or about your body, what you will wear. Is not life more than food, and the body more than clothes? Look at the birds of the air; they do not sow or reap or store away in barns, and yet your heavenly Father feeds them. Are you not much more valuable than they?" (Matthew 6:25-26).

Whether they are birds or trees, God takes care of His creation. You and I are much more valuable than the birds or trees. God created us in His image and He calls us His sons and daughters. He sent His only son Jesus to die for us so that we may have eternal life! I hope you too know and feel what it means to be loved by God. If you haven't, I pray that you will one day accept God as your Lord and Saviour and have that personal relationship with God. Even at this moment, He desires a love relationship with you!