He loves me

"For the mountains may be removed and the hills may shake,
But My lovingkindness will not be removed from you,
And My covenant of peace will not be shaken,"
Says the LORD who has compassion on you. Isaiah 54:10

At times I place my peace in feeling good, feeling like I am pleasing the Lord. "Bible study? check! Prayer life? check! Laundry done? check! Happy kids? Happy husband? check! check!" Those days feel good, those are the days when I just know that God is looking down on me and smiling! "That's my girl!" And then there are the days when I wake up too late for personal devotion time, the laundry is threatening to eat the children and my husband looks a little relieved to be heading to work. *sigh* Those days do happen, and lately they have happening more often. On those days it is a struggle to not place my peace in feeling good but in the truth of God's word.

I tell my kids all the time, "You can't make God love you anymore or less than he does right now." When we fall he love us, when we are not speaking to Him, He loves us, when there are no clean socks, He loves us.

Even more than that, when I am in sin, denial, or ignoring is clear commands He still loves me. Jesus said, "If you love me keep my commandments" Not "if you want me to love you keep my commandments"! My desire to please Him cannot be to seek His love and approval but in response to the love I already have. Yesterday was "one of those days", I was crying out for His help before I was out of bed. His answer to me was Isaiah 54. Just when I think I have fallen too far, or am disparaging over mistakes made, or my own inability to make things right, He answers with such love and gentleness.

"For the mountains may be removed and the hills may shake,
But My lovingkindness will not be removed from you,
And My covenant of peace will not be shaken,"
Says the LORD who has compassion on you. Isaiah 54:10

So I will not base my peace in the way I feel, I will trust in the truth of God's word. He looks down from heaven and says "That's my girl." In response I will love Him all the more.


There He sits on heavens heights
Looking down with such delight
She's my child, I've made her my own
With a Father's loving care
He reaches down and draws me near
Always true, I am not alone
-Jennifer Velarde