Accounting #1196

 #1196  Sun. Aug. 9/20      7:15am      home

Time to take accounting.  No not of your sins but of My Love for you.

How many times have I Loved you?     How many times have I not Loved you?

Sit quietly with these questions and make a list either on paper or in your head.

How many times has God Loved me?   How many times has God not Loved me?

Do you think these are trick questions?

When we confess our sins we are ‘listing’ how many times we have not loved the Lord to our fullest ability, right?

But have we ever considered how many times I have Loved you and not Loved you?

It is really not a question is it!

So perhaps the real question should be:

How many times have I felt, presumed, thought that God Loved me?

How many times have I felt, presumed, thought that God did not Love me?

Because really it comes down to us and our perception of God’s Love. 

Does He turn it on when He is Happy with me, and then turn it off when I have made Him unhappy?

Did you realize that you cannot influence the Love He has for you?

“oh I will get back at God by doing this or that and then He will be Cross with me and stop Loving me!”

It will be very frustrating indeed when you come to realize you do not control His Love.

And thank goodness, eh!

How many times have you said to God “Well I really didn’t mean it.”

And, to your surprise, He already knows the inner workings of your heart, so He knows even when you are not speaking the Truth!

We can’t worm our way into God’s Affections, nor can we change His Mind, His Will, His Plans for us.

Otherwise, can you see how dizzy God could get if He has to do every whim of our wills!

No, No. No.

Thank Him right now that His Will has a purpose and it is not to do our will but to do His.

Do not let this news shatter or upset your soul!

Be DELIGHTED that He has a plan that far outstrips your plans for yourself.

Thank Him for not acting on your every whim and fancy.

Thank Him, Thank Him, Thank Him.

Otherwise the World, with each individual wanting this or that to suit their own fancy, would be in Chaos.

Thank God for making the path very easy and clear.

Love.

Love your God.

Love your neighbour.

Do good to those who harm you.

So that is His Will for all the World.

We can either choose, by our will, to carry it out for His Sake, or not.

Either way, He does not stop Loving us!   No, He can’t.

It goes so far beyond who He is as God, that if He ever stopped Loving us, He would be human with all the faults and failings we have.  

Then, to Whom do we turn for strength, and comfort and consolation.

Have you  answered the questions we started with at the beginning of this dictation?

When has God Loved me?   When has He not Loved me?

Hopefully, you will come to the realization that He has never and will never stop Loving you.

So, take it in, bathe your soul in His Love each day.  Give it a good soaking to carry you through this new, holy day.

Rejoice that at least He Loves you, even when it feels that the rest of the world doesn’t.

Oh, how I ache for you to know and realize the Great, Good, Refreshing Love I have for you.

Come sit with Me.  

Tell Me you wish to sit with Me right now and BE LOVED.