God's Love. It's so big.

   God's love is more than a gift opened up on a single day. It's more than a trinket to be set on a shelf and forgotten as it collects millions of particles of dust. It's an actual experience.

   I often hinder myself in my walk with God because I stop at merely knowing he loves me. I act like that's it. "He loves me. I know this. Let's move on," I stupidly say.  But there's more. There is so much more. There's an experience beyond knowing I harbor the fullness of His steadfast love in my heart. I've been given the grace to LIVE in the fullness of this perfect love. I can breath it in; I can consume it - this love that stretches beyond, in comparison at least, such cold knowledge. 

   Still, I cheapen my very life by shortsighted thoughts like, "Why would I desire something I already possess?" The answer to this question lies in understanding the nature of such a possession. It's the fullness of God's steadfast, unhindered, satisfying, glorifying, lovely, beautiful, perfect love. Love is the one thing I possess that I can continue to desire, especially God's love. I can't experience something as great as the fullness of God's love in a single day. It's a relationship. It's something that will bring new life daily, if I let it. It's something that will continue to move and alter my being throughout the entirety of my life...and into eternity. 

   "I love the Lord, because he has heard my voice and my pleas for mercy. Because he has inclined his ear to me, therefore I will call on him as long as I live." (Psalm 116:1-2)

Grace and Peace,

Brit