The Gospel of Love
Happy Love Month! In my family's home we celebrate the major holidays for one month. It was a tradition my husband and I established in the first year of our marriage. As it is the month of love, I would like to take time to reflect on how God loves His people. My God loved me enough to die for me. I am far from deserving of it and am well aware of that fact. I hurt when I realize how imperfect I am. He knows that I want to serve Him better, but in my own strength I cannot and that is a devastating reality for all of us who were born sinners into this world. When I pray my prayers are filled with repentance and pain. It is personally a struggle for me to believe God loves me at all most days. It is for this reason I know the Scriptures are true in Ephesians when it says, "For by grace you have been saved through faith; and that not of yourselves, it is the gift of God; not as a result of works, so that no one may boast." I cannot trust me. I know my sin encompasses my tho...
