Crazy Love

I wrote this a few months ago before I headed out to Canada, but I would like to include this now!!

He loves me, He loves me, He loves me. He loves me, He loves me, He loves me. Through the hard times, through the painful times, in the joyous times. In the desert place and in the place of abundance. In the place Even of sin. He loves me.Wow. I have just had a realisation again of the true, life giving, all encompassing love of God. Love of Jesus. Love of the Holy Spirit. Today I did some stuff that I felt God had specifically told me not to do. It wasn't dodgy or a blatant sin but I had really felt convicted to not do or say that particular thing. An i did. Its not wrong for all but for me it just wasnt the best.Not because God was being mean or wanted to limit me but because He wants me to have life and life to the full. I could spend time comparing myself to others standards but God calls each of us to His standards and He challenges us all to different things!! He doesnt call us away from things to take from us. He calls us away am challenges us an convicts us of things cos He has better more life giving things that He yearns to bless us with. He doesn't call His sons an daughters to lead mediocre lives. His heart is for us to experience and know the goodness and the incredible all consuming love of the Father. To never walk alone and to always know that we are sought after, we are pursued, we are wanted, we belong. He doesn't want us to walk in constant guilt like its a massive chain around our neck or shackles on our feet. He wants us to recognise our sin, repent of it and allow Him, Jesus to release us from that. Forgive us, restore us to completeness. He calls us to FREEDOM!!  When we muck up (as we all do) He convicts us, yes, but He doesn't push us away. He calls us to walk closer, to seek Him, to find Him. He calls us to intimacy with Him. The only One who can ever truly fill that gap, that hole within us that we all feel at times. He calls us closer to heal us, to restore us, to complete us, to fulfill the longings that we all have within us. The story of the cross, the story of Christ, of The creator God is a love story. A love story that involves us. Love of the purest kind. Crazy love. The way it was meant to be.