That God's Love is Constant

Nov.19.02: Light For The Day - "That God's Love is Constant" -- Romans 8:39 (NIVUS) "Neither height nor depth, nor anything else in all creation, will be able to separate us from the love of God that is in Christ Jesus our Lord." ---------- A lot us us live with a hidden fear that God is angry at us. Somewhere, sometime, some Sunday school class or some television show convinced us that God has a whip behind His back, a paddle in His back pocket, and He's going to nail us when we've gone too far. No concept could be more wrong! Our Savior's Father is very fond of us and only wants to share His love with us. We have a Father who is filled with compassion, a feeling Father who hurts when His children hurt. We serve a God who says that even when we're under pressure and feel like nothing is going to go right, He is waiting for us, to embrace us whether we succeed or fail. He doesn't come quarreling and wrangling and forcing His way into anyone's heart. He comes into our hearts like a gentle lamb, not a roaring lion. Prayer: We thank You for Your constant love, Father. Your love is not based on feelings or perfection but on Your covenant with Your people. Nothing can separate us from Your love. -- Max Lucado -------------- -- Psalm 86:5 "Lord, You are kind and forgiving and have great love for those who call to You." -- 1 John4:18,19 (NIVUS) 18 There is no fear in love. But perfect love drives out fear, because fear has to do with punishment. The one who fears is not made perfect in love. 19 We love because He first loved us. -- Romans 8:35-39 "Who shall separate us from the love of Christ? Shall trouble or hardship or persecution or famine or nakedness or danger or sword? ... 38 For I am convinced that neither death nor life, neither angels nor demons, neither the present nor the future, nor any powers, 39 neither height nor depth, nor anything else in all creation, will be able to separate us from the love of God that is in Christ Jesus our Lord. ----