A Mind-Blowing Depth of Love

"Neither death nor life, nor angels nor principalities nor powers, 

nor things present no things to come, nor height no depth, nor any other created thing, 

shall be able to separate us from the love of God!"

~Romans 8:38-39~

Hey there friends! 

Hope you're having a great day! (and whether you are or aren't - hopefully this post will "boost" your day's greatness level! :)

I needed this reminder to help focus my perspective this week!  It is absolutely, crazy amazing how deep God's love is!  For today's post I'm sharing an excerpt from a Max Lucado book called "It's Not About Me".  :)

The Depths of God's Love

"Who has plumbed the depths of God's love?  

Only God has.

 "Want to see the size of my love?" he invites.  "Ascend the winding path outside of Jerusalem.  Follow the dots of bloody dirt until you crest the hill.  

Before looking up, pause and her me whisper, 

'This is how much I love you.'"

Whip-ripped muscles drape his back.  Blood rivulets cover his face.  His eyes and lips are swollen shut.  Pain rages at wild-fire intensity.  As he sinks to relieve the agony of his legs, his airway closes.  At the edge of suffocation, he shoves pierced muscles against the spike and inches up the cross.  He does this for hours.  Painfully up and down until his strength and our doubts are gone.

Does God love you?  Behold the cross, and behold your answer.

God the Son died for you.  Who could have imagined such a gift?

At the time Martin Luther was having his Bible printed in Germany, a printer's daughter encountered God's love.  No one had told her about Jesus.  Toward God she felt no emotion but fear.  One day she gathered pieces of fallen Scripture from the floor.  On one paper she found the words "For God so loved the world, that he gave..." The rest of the verse had not yet been printed.  Still, what she saw was enough to move her.

The thought that God would give anything moved her from fear to joy.

Her mother noticed the change of attitude.  When asked the cause of her happiness, the daughter produced the crumpled piece of partial verse from her pocket.  The mother read it and asked, "What did he give?"  The child...answered, "I do not know.  But if He loved us well enough to give us anything, we should not be afraid of Him."

Father, we cannot plumb the depths of your love.  For only such an immeasurable love would have sent your Son to suffer for our sins when he himself committed no sin.  Because of this we can be restored to a right relationship with you.  Thank you for loving us even when we chose not to love you.  Thank you for pursuing us patiently with your Holy Spirit.  Thank you for making us your children.  We can not fathom such love, but we gratefully accept it..."

~Max Lucado 

(emphasis added)

Mind-blowing isn't it?!

"[God, the Son] loved us and gave himself up for us 

as a fragrant offering and sacrifice to God!"

~Ephesians 5:2

I'm so grateful He did!  

May His deep love impact your heart, mind and actions

today and may you rejoice with joy unspeakable - because YOU ARE LOVED BY THE ONE WHO WAS, IS AND ALWAYS WILL BE THE AUTHOR AND PERFECT GIVER

OF MATCHLESS LOVE!

Blessings to you all!!!

:)

~Bri

P.s. Just in case it was driving you crazy trying to figure out what the above picture is....lol...it's a love note way down in the "depths" of a old fashion Coke bottle! ;)