Lavish Love

I recently discovered <and fell in love with> this quote on Pinterest:

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Psalm 139:14, "I praise You because I am fearfully and wonderfully made."

Ephesians 2:10, "For we are his workmanship, created in Christ Jesus..."

Isaiah 64:8, "We are the clay, and You are the potter; we are all the work of Your hand."

1 Corinthians 3:16, "Do you know that you are God's temple and that God's Spirit dwells in you?"

God has made each person unique and special! Why is it that we are often so prone to hold back love? We should acknowledge attributes that we see in others. We should rejoice at how God has made His children. We should speak of the admirable qualities we see in others. We should make everyone around us feel loved!

Why? Because each and every person is loved. Everyone is loved.

Romans 5:8, "God shows His love for us in that while we were still sinners, Christ died for us."

1 John 4:9, “This is how God showed his love among us: He sent his one and only Son into the world that we might live through Him."

John 3:16, "For God so loved the world that He sent His one and only Son..."

1 John 4:19, "We love because He first loved us."

1 John 4:8, “Whoever does not love does not know God, because God is love.”

God is love! We can show other people God by loving them! I encourage y'all to love today and everyday. Love your family, love your friends, love people you don't know, love people who don't know what love is, love people that are hard to love.

I love love. I want all those around me to feel loved. I want to lavish love!

I hope you know how loved you are! Xo,

Deliverer and Redeemer

Titus 2:11-14

For the grace of God has come to bring salvation to ALL people, instructing us to give up ungodliness and worldly passions, and to live self-controlled, upright, and godly lives while we wait for out blessed hope - the appearing of our great God and Savior Jesus Christ, who gave himself for US to redeem us from wickedness and purify us.

As a read over these words over and over, I feel so loved.  One of my favorite ways to study the word is to look up other translations and even look up words in the dictionary.  This helps me grasp the word in different ways!

Grace: a free gift

Salvation: deliverance from penalty of sin

Savior: the One who saves, rescues, and delivers

Redeem: to recover possession

God has given us this free gift, deliverance from death and promise of eternal life with Him.  He calls us to live in a way that is of Him while we wait for Him - the one who saves, rescues, and delivers us.  He came to redeem us - to recover possession of us.  

He is the great deliverer and redeemer! He loves us so much! Bask in these truths today!

I love you!

Xo,