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Journal Entry: HE REALLY DOES LOVE YOU

Because he first loved us.

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Journal Entry: HE REALLY DOES LOVE YOU
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These lyrics continue to remind me and encourage me more now than ever.
 

There won't be a day that you're not by my side
 

There won't be a day that you let me fall
 

And all of my life
 

your love has been true
 

And with all of our life
 

I will worship you
 

You are faithful to the end.. ?
 

He knows. He sees. He loves. Often I feel that it is not as easy as one comes to believe. Like why would someone loves me so much, and unconditionally for the matter; not as you should be, but as you are and all of you. Sometimes his love is really overwhelming.. thinking I can't mess up or I have to read more of the bible and pray to be on right standings with God but that's not the case. God is not the God of to do lists, and making sure if I do this or that then he will love me.. but because of who HE is, he love us where we are. Read something last night and this part stuck out to me. "It is also pure gospel to us that God’s greatest commandment does not command our performance, but our affection. Isn’t that wonderful? God is most concerned that we experience the joy of love, not that we merely jump through behavioral hoops." Trying to understand his love for me is so exhausting to be honest. But living within and believing his love is for me and not against is what I will cling onto.
 

I loved you at your darkest. - Romans 5:8
 

May you be encouraged today, you don't have it all together, and it's okay to not be okay. There are times where I feel like I'm doing good and have the desire to push through and then fears, doubts, and much of my many insecurities float to the surface, but I will look to him. The one who loves like a father who loves their child and wants the best for them. May we love not because we are told to, or because we have to, but because of the need.


These lyrics continue to remind me and encourage me more now than 

There won't be a day that you're not by my 

There won't be a day that you let me 

And all of my 

And with all of our 

I will worship 

You are faithful to the end.. 

He knows. He sees. He loves. Often I feel that it is not as easy as one comes to believe. Like why would someone loves me so much, and unconditionally for the matter; not as you should be, but as you are and all of you. Sometimes his love is really overwhelming.. thinking I can't mess up or I have to read more of the bible and pray to be on right standings with God but that's not the case. God is not the God of to do lists, and making sure if I do this or that then he will love me.. but because of who HE is, he love us where we are. Read something last night and this part stuck out to me. "It is also pure gospel to us that God’s greatest commandment does not command our performance, but our affection. Isn’t that wonderful? God is most concerned that we experience the joy of love, not that we merely jump through behavioral hoops." Trying to understand his love for me is so exhausting to be honest. But living within and believing his love is for me and not against is what I will cling 

I loved you at your darkest. - Romans 

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