He is LOVE

 

on the eve of this valentines, amid all things pink & red - not even the lure of pinterest has motivated creative juices in this direction.

it’s a funny day to me, not ha-ha funny but the odd, sometimes sad kind of funny.  where young girls set their gaze on overly priced stuffed animals from walgreens.

i’ll speak for myself, anyway.  painfully adding up the helium balloons and bright bouquets as i slumped through the 7th grade hallways. if only i had a teddy bear to light up my life.

but we all know it’s more than cheesy symbols marking the isles of this occasion. it is the deepest longing of every soul…

to love and to be loved.  

i have struggled to feel loved for most of my life- decades have past since that first longing was awakened… the pursuit of affection & admiration taking on many forms

but all of them leading to despair. 

 

so we have come to know and to believe the love that God has for us.

God is love … 1 john 14:6

 

yeah, yeah, yeah …Jesus loves me this I know.

but do i really believe it? do i believe the love that God has for me and that it is enough. 

enough to heal the wounded places, comfort the deepest aches, and satisfy my hopes deferred.

i am still learning to believe the blood stained love of my Savior- a love that fails me not. 

to meet Him in my past means seeing it was always His love sustaining and drawing me close.

i love this song by Esterlyn.

He heals the broken Hearted
He binds their wounds
He is Love
He finds those forgotten
Those who’ve been abused
He is Love

He knows your name
A father to the fatherless
A healer of the brokenness

You make Beauty from the ashes
A helper to the helpless
A fighter for the hopeless

You Love
Those who are alone

He comforts the lonely
He hears their Cry
He is Love

He holds the children
Through out the night
He is Love

He knows your name
A father to the fatherless
A healer of the brokenness

You make Beauty from the ashes
A helper to the helpless
A fighter for the hopeless

You love
Those who are alone

Give us your Heart Lord, help us Love the unseen
Give us your Eyes Lord, help us Love those in need

You're a father of the fatherless
A healer of the brokenness

You make Beauty from the ashes
You're a helper to the helpless
A fighter for the hopeless

You love
Those who are alone
Those who are alone
He knows your name

so whether you have a hot date tomorrow night or you cry yourself to sleep…

He knows your name.

He is a helper to the helpless… a fighter for the hopeless.

may you know and believe the love that God has for you. 

happy valentines!