A Love Like This
So here I go again talking about a song that touched my soul. Recently I was at Saturday praying with my church and heard a song come on that I’d never heard before. As I was praying, the lyrics pulled me in so deeply- to the point where I was sitting in them for days. I literally played the song over and over every time I got in my car for days. The song is called ‘A love like this’ by The Belonging. The lyrics said:
“You don’t leave me where you found me.
You pull me up out of the mess.
You don’t leave me brokenhearted.
You never break your promises.
You keep giving me second chances.
Far above what I deserve.
You keep telling me I’m worth it.
Not a love I have to earn.
I’ve never known love like this, so beautiful.
I’ll never get used to this, my heart is Yours.
Of this I am convinced, from now until the end.
I’ll never know love like this, so beautiful.
That is such a beautiful God that we serve. I think about the number of times someone might make a mistake or continues to hurt us. There’s usually limits to that where our response is “I’m done with you! I must protect myself now. You’ve messed up too much!” Then they have to earn the right to be back in our lives- if at all.
Now think about the worst thing we could do or that someone could do to us. We could do that over and over and over again. But God responds differently. It’s not without punishment, but it’s not with condemnation. When we come back to Him, He is there with open arms saying, “I’m so glad you’re back!” There’s a story in the Bible where the song (The Prodigal son) continues to mess up and choose his own lifestyle over what an appropriate lifestyle was in this age. His father was a very pivotal person, and he chooses to walk around from him so he could do his own thing. When he comes back, he thinks he’s going to come back to a lot of shame, yelling and disappointment. Instead, to his surprise, his father throws him a party. It’s one of my favorite stories of the Bible because it’s such a true story of how God looks at us. That doesn’t mean go and do whatever you want to do. God will change your heart as you keep coming back to Him; to the point where you’ll no longer want to do those things. You’re going to want to love to please God.
The ultimate example that I could think about in today’s world is a mother dealing with a child who has an addiction. They just keep falling, but no matter what, when their child comes back, they celebrate that person. That’s their child! Now think about the fact that His love is even greater than that. It blows my mind and warms my heart to know that if I fall, I can come to Him and be welcomed back. I imagine Him saying:
“My daughter, you’re still mine.”
“My daughter, you’re still worth it.”
“My daughter, my promises are still yours.”
So…if you’ve ever thought you don’t do enough or you’re too far gone or disappointed too many people or hurt God or others too much, know that God still wants you and still has a plan for you. Before you made your mistakes, while you were making your mistakes and after- He still loves you the same.
I was once in so much mess, but I feel so loved by God. He loved me before it, He loved me through it, and loves me today. Don’t believe anything other than that about yourself! Run to Him because He is waiting for you.
Much love,
TC