He loves me!
Psalm 77:8-9 - “Has his steadfast love forever ceased? Are his promises at an end for all times? Has God forgotten to be gracious? Has he in anger shut up his compassion?”
I was reading these verses this morning and the murmurings of my heart, even unexpressed murmurings that often well up in my heart, were quickly silenced. No. His love has not ceased. His promises are not at an end. He waits to be gracious to me. Spurgeon writes in “Beside Still Waters”, “Did He love you when you were dead in your sins? Did He choose you before the foundation of the world (Eph. 1:4)? Is He going to desert you now? Do you think you will ever have to ask, with the psalmist, ‘Has His mercy ceased forever?’ If you talk that way, ask the Lord why He ever began HIs work of love on you if He did not intend to finish it. Or was it His intention to forget you? If that was His intention, would He have ever started with you? He knew all that would happen and all that you would do. Nothing is a surprise to Him. Known to the Lord from the beginning were all your trials and all your sins. Nevertheless, He still loved you. In the foresight of all that was to happen, do not think that He will now or ever forget you. He will not! If He so loved you, even when you were dead in your sins, will He deny you anything that is for HIs glory and your good?
You have been praying, but you fear that the mercy asked will never come. If He loved you when you were a mass of corruption, will He not answer your prayers now that He has made you an heir of heaven? Beloved, be of good comfort. Do not let depression or unbelief cross your mind. He loves you so much that He has made great sacrifices for you. He blesses you daily and He will not be in Heaven without you.”
Oh what balm for my soul! He loves me! He has not and won’t ever forget me. I am His child. Bought with His blood. How could He forget me? His ears are not deaf to my cries. He loves me! This knowledge changes everything....
Do you find yourself discouraged, as you’ve been praying year upon year upon year for a Godly spouse? Do you watch in confusion as friends all around you are getting married and you seem to be left alone? O friend, He has not forgotten you. He loves you and will only give you what is best. That may mean a spouse, and it may not. But we can rest assured that our loving Father knows what we need. He quiets our hearts with His love and reminds us again “I have not forgotten you. I love you. I am at work. “ oh what sweet solace I find in these words!! He loves me!
I was reading these verses this morning and the murmurings of my heart, even unexpressed murmurings that often well up in my heart, were quickly silenced. No. His love has not ceased. His promises are not at an end. He waits to be gracious to me. Spurgeon writes in “Beside Still Waters”, “Did He love you when you were dead in your sins? Did He choose you before the foundation of the world (Eph. 1:4)? Is He going to desert you now? Do you think you will ever have to ask, with the psalmist, ‘Has His mercy ceased forever?’ If you talk that way, ask the Lord why He ever began HIs work of love on you if He did not intend to finish it. Or was it His intention to forget you? If that was His intention, would He have ever started with you? He knew all that would happen and all that you would do. Nothing is a surprise to Him. Known to the Lord from the beginning were all your trials and all your sins. Nevertheless, He still loved you. In the foresight of all that was to happen, do not think that He will now or ever forget you. He will not! If He so loved you, even when you were dead in your sins, will He deny you anything that is for HIs glory and your good?
You have been praying, but you fear that the mercy asked will never come. If He loved you when you were a mass of corruption, will He not answer your prayers now that He has made you an heir of heaven? Beloved, be of good comfort. Do not let depression or unbelief cross your mind. He loves you so much that He has made great sacrifices for you. He blesses you daily and He will not be in Heaven without you.”
Oh what balm for my soul! He loves me! He has not and won’t ever forget me. I am His child. Bought with His blood. How could He forget me? His ears are not deaf to my cries. He loves me! This knowledge changes everything....
Do you find yourself discouraged, as you’ve been praying year upon year upon year for a Godly spouse? Do you watch in confusion as friends all around you are getting married and you seem to be left alone? O friend, He has not forgotten you. He loves you and will only give you what is best. That may mean a spouse, and it may not. But we can rest assured that our loving Father knows what we need. He quiets our hearts with His love and reminds us again “I have not forgotten you. I love you. I am at work. “ oh what sweet solace I find in these words!! He loves me!
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