Ever wondered why God loves us so much. Many at times, I would get on my knees and thank Him for His grace. We often forget that every blessing we receive from God even when we’ve receded from Him, is given to us from the abundant mercy He has upon us. I sit here thinking about how to illustrate the love of the Father. But here goes a story which I hope sheds light on His eternal love for us. Everyone knew Jesus and Samantha, almost as though their names were one word. Jesus knew Samantha before she was formed in her mother’s womb. He knows her beginning and end. Everywhere she went He went with her because He decided He was never going to let her foot dash against a stone because she was called by His name. And everyone around them knew that nothing could separate them, not until Samantha began to sink so deeply into sin. She began to exclude Jesus from all her daily activities, she never invited Him out again with her friends. At one point Jesus tried talking to Samantha, but she attention seemed to be focused elsewhere. This hurt Jesus so badly because He wanted to reach out to her. But knowing that she had to find her way back to him, Jesus went to God and as He spoke about Samantha, tears streaked His face. Seeing His son weep God’s heart was grieved for one of His sheep was being led astray. God knew Samantha needed His help. But we should remember that there is only so much that God can do for He gave Samantha free will and time to redirect her footsteps. Over the next few months Samantha began to face challenges, her parents died in a tragic accident and she lost all her money and friends that came with it. Then one miraculous day, she remembered a man whom she always had with her and his name was Jesus. At this point she felt ashamed to go to Him in person but she began to attend church again. This wasn’t enough to satisfy Samantha because the more she heard about God’s love, the more bitter she became. But Jesus waited patiently for Samantha to recover. Although Samantha’s words hurt Him, Jesus hung on to his memories of the Samantha He first knew. When Samantha fully surrendered herself to the Father, she began to thank Jesus for loving her during the times when she was so unlovable.
1 Corinthians 13: 1-13 – "I may have faith so great I can move mountains, but even with all these things if I do not have love, then I am nothing".
Sound familiar, if yes I want you to know that you are not alone.
God loves you so much and all you have to do is surrender, let Him lead you, let Him order your steps and in no time you will find that unbreakable joy and unexplainable peace.
The highlights of this story are the words written in bold. But I leave you with one sentence: God is love and without love we are nothing and we can do nothing and above all nothing can separate us from the love of God
