It is a Monday morning as I write this. I am sitting in my chair this morning thinking about Jesus. Woke up feeling loved and blessed. I have a busy week ahead, busier than I had planned, but all I want to do at the moment is just sit in my chair, open my Bible, and think about my LORD.
How blessed we are to know that God loves us. How blessed we are to know that God wants us near to Him. The amazing, wondrous God wants to gather us under His “wings,” as a hen gathers her chicks. Wants us! Not needs us – our God needs nothing. He WANTS us!
We are flawed creatures. Often overcome by doubts and struggles. We rebel. We resist His desires for us. We ignore His voice. And still, He wants us.
Oh, the love of God. His mercy. His goodness. His grace. His compassion. He wants us to have it all. He holds nothing back.
He will even discipline us, correct us, so that we might walk in His paths of righteousness with Him. He does it out of love for us, wanting us to have His best. Wanting us to avoid sin and the shame and guilt and dying that accompanies it.
The precious love of God. His faithfulness. He never forgets us. He knows us and all the deep things that touch our hearts. He gives strength. He gives glory. He gives wisdom. He gives us the desires of our hearts so that we might realize them. He gives gifts, undeserved, yet welcomed.
Yes, just thinking about Jesus this morning, my LORD, Savior, Deliverer, Lover of my soul, my All in All.
