“RECEIVE LOVE!”

Me-Maw Thoughts

Number 508

January 5, 2021///

As I begin my thoughts this morning, I pray that each of you have the most wonderful year ever!  I pray that favor is surrounding you as a shield and is all over and all around you. I pray that God’s will is prevalent in your life as your release your entire self to Him.

I understand that the world seems to be in a crazy spin.  I live in Georgia and today our state is voting on two US Senators that will determine the balance of power in our nation’s capital.  If you live in Georgia, please exercise your right to vote.

We have friends who have COVID-19 or who are quarantined because of contact with those who have this ugly virus!

Our leaders in Washington seemed to have lost their minds and what comes next is anyone’s guess!

But I have good news to bring!  You are Loved by God the Father, Creator of the Universe and Jesus who gave His all because of His Love for you!

Rejoice, because in the midst of all that is going on, you are Loved unconditionally and without requirements!

1 John 4:19 (KJV)
We love him, because he first loved us.

The only reason we can Love God is because He Loved us first!  We can relax in His Love and understand that His Love will never fail us!

In the book of Ephesians Paul desired that the Christians of that day, and us, understand the Love of God.

Ephesians 3:17-19 (KJV)
¹⁷ That Christ may dwell in your hearts by faith; that ye, being rooted and grounded in love,
¹⁸ May be able to comprehend with all saints what is the breadth, and length, and depth, and height;
¹⁹ And to know the love of Christ, which passeth knowledge, that ye might be filled with all the fulness of God.

When we are around people who love us, we feel secure and safe.  I remember when I was a child and teen, and my Mom or Dad would get home. The entire atmosphere of the house changed.  I felt safe and secure and knew I was Loved and protected.

May I tell you that when we comprehend the Love of our Heavenly Father through Jesus Christ and understand it deep inside, it fills us in our innermost being with security and a feeling of Peace and ease and Joy!

We get out of that Peaceful and Safe feeling when we forget who Loves us more than we can understand in this human body!  But may I tell you that in spite of all that is going on around us, when we understand whose we are, we will not be moved by any of it!

Romans 8:37-39 (KJV)
³⁷ Nay, in all these things we are more than conquerors through him that loved us.
³⁸ For I am persuaded, that neither death, nor life, nor angels, nor principalities, nor powers, nor things present, nor things to come,
³⁹ Nor height, nor depth, nor any other creature, shall be able to separate us from the love of God, which is in Christ Jesus our Lord.

We are Loved!! I invite you as the year 2021 begins to rest in that Love: let that Love enfold and fill you: let that Love give you security and safety: bask in His Love as you would bask in the sunshine in the spring.

If you are alone today, or feel alone in a crowd, I invite you to let the Love of God flood your being.  Just open up your heart and speak to your Creator and invite His Holy Spirit to invade you from head to toe, inside and out.

Our Joy, Peace, Strength, and Wisdom come from knowing we are loved.

Think about a child! In a home where they feel loved, there is no hesitation when they want to talk, hug, or sit on a parent’s lap!  However, if they are not sure they are loved, they will shy away from asking for their needs or snuggling up the way they want to.

We will go into the throne room of God with Great confidence when we understand how much we are Loved. 

Receive and live in that Love and you will find that you have no trouble Loving others!

John 15:9 (KJV)
As the Father hath loved me, so have I loved you: continue ye in my love.

We cannot genuinely Love others until we walk in the Love God has for us!

Let 2021 be a year you understand you are Loved thoroughly and completely by the one who created you and knew you before you were ever born.

His plan for you is amazing!  Just walk and rest in His Love!

I believe that the Children of God understanding their place of Love in Jesus, will change the world we live in!

Father God, may it be so! ———–

Father, in Jesus name I come!  Thank you for your Love that is beyond understanding but is not beyond receiving!  We may not understand it, but we can walk in it, and rejoice in the safety and security of knowing we are never alone, and we do not have to fight our own battles!  May your Love so fill each of us that it flows out to all of those around us.  Amen

Love, MeMaw