My Love Hasn't Grown Cold

The love of God is stronger than any force known to man. It heals wounds, saves souls, and mends broken lives. I remember a time in my life when I felt that the love of God was something that I was no longer worthy of. I had been in church and backslid and been Satan’s best friend. I often told myself that I could come back, but I would never be the same and no one would ever trust me to do anything in the kingdom of God.

I was fully introduced to the lies of Satan.

The thing about Satan is he tells such good lies that we believe them and listen to them as they eat away at us. He’s good like that.

Back to the love of God…..

I am always reminded of the story of the prodigal son. He went to his father and asked of him his inheritance. His dad gave him the money and he left. He went out into the world and found lots of friends and spent lots of money. The bible also says that he ended up penniless and had to work at a pig farm and slop pigs. He even ended up eating the pigs food, which is utterly disgusting. One day while he was in the pigpen he thought to himself, the servants in my fathers house get better than this. So I will go work for my father and tell him I don’t have to be his son anymore. At this moment I am sure he felt a little unworthy and humbled, maybe even desperate. The bible said he went back and his father ran to him with open arms. He took him in clothed him in the finest garments and gave him a ring. I am sure he said something along the lines. Son my love hasn’t grown cold for you…

The bible also talks about a fisherman by the name of Peter. Jesus saved him and made him a fisher of men and changed his whole life. Peter followed Jesus faithfully. But on the day of his crucifixion he denied him 3 times. But when he was resurrected Peter was one of the first to see him alive. Although he had done him wrong the love that God had for Peter hadn’t grown cold.

David was a man after God’s own heart. He committed adultery, killer her husband, and lost a child all in a short period of time. But David sought the Lord and repented. He was remembered as a man after Gods own heart.

Sometimes in life we do things that we shouldn’t. We make mistakes, we fall down. But one thing these 3 all had in common is they didn’t stay where they were at. They came back even though they weren’t sure how they would be accepted. You see the love of God is stronger than anything. The bible says neither life, nor death, nor principalities, nor powers, nor things present, nor things to come can keep us from the love of God.

We have all messed up and fallen short but the love of God hasn’t grown cold, nor will it til the end of time.
I remind myself everyday that when the devil lies to me that I will no longer believe him. I am loved by God in spite of who I was. I am so glad that the Love God has for me has never and will never grow cold.