Love so amazing, so divine
"Therefore, as God's chosen people, holy and dearly loved, clothe yourselves with compassion, kindness, humility, gentleness and patience. Bear with each other and forgive whatever grievances you may have against one another. Forgive as the Lord forgave you."
- Colossians 3:12-13
sometimes it's difficult to remember that I am dearly loved by the Lord. sometimes, you just feel so unworthy, so unclean, so useless and gross and ugly. in the way you think, in the things you say, in the things you do, in the way you behave towards others.
that's something i think i have to struggle with, remember that i am loved by the One Who Saves.
it's really wrapped up quite succintly in the first 2 lines of perhaps one of the most well-known hymns of all time.
Amazing grace how sweet the sound
That saved a wretch like me
so yes. we are a wretched race, a group of people so heinous and ugly and downright deplorable. honestly speaking, we're worse than ka chua (i.e. cockroaches). yet God still decides to (unfathomably) send His own Son Jesus Christ to come save us. Because, God knows why (literally), He loves us with an everlasting, unchangeable, will never go away and will never decrease and will never increase, way. it's called agape love.
wanna know why? go ask Him. and the funny thing is, this will (to some extent, it may vary a little) be His answer: because you are beautiful in My sight, because I created you and knit you together when you were virtually nothing. because I cannot stop loving you, no matter what you do, no matter how much you might Hate me, I will always love you. just because I might not love the things you do (and they may be downright disgusting to Me), doesn't change how much I love you. you were created by Me to be beautiful. and I love you. period.
imagine that. in fact, don't imagine it. know it.
because, ladies and gents, it's true.
i should know. because i believe that "i am the worst of sinners" to quote paul. i think i am downright disgusting, hateful, and very, very ugly.
yet for some reason, people still love me and strangely (especially to me) call me beautiful.
and the greatest, most unbelievable thing? God has seen a million times more into my soul than all these people, and He knows exactly just how ugly and twisted i can be. yet, He loves me the most. and to Him, while the things i do may not be beautiful... to Him, strangely, i am.
and He's so graciously sent people into my life who can see beauty in me where all i see is darkness.
i'm going to go attempt to do my readings now (break week is almost over and, guess what? i've only finished 2 out of 4 readings for 1 module and erm, 1 weeks worth of readings for the other - and i have to do 5 weeks worth of readings. ouch.)
i need to do something about the little project i have in mind, as frivolous as it might sound to some, i think it's actually quite, quite... well, i like it. shall go discuss it with the boyfriend.
toodles.
Isn't He wonderful, wonderful, wonderful
Isn't Jesus my Lord wonderful
Eyes have seen, ears have heard
It's recorded in God's word
Isn't Jesus my Lord wonderful.
- Colossians 3:12-13
sometimes it's difficult to remember that I am dearly loved by the Lord. sometimes, you just feel so unworthy, so unclean, so useless and gross and ugly. in the way you think, in the things you say, in the things you do, in the way you behave towards others.
that's something i think i have to struggle with, remember that i am loved by the One Who Saves.
it's really wrapped up quite succintly in the first 2 lines of perhaps one of the most well-known hymns of all time.
Amazing grace how sweet the sound
That saved a wretch like me
so yes. we are a wretched race, a group of people so heinous and ugly and downright deplorable. honestly speaking, we're worse than ka chua (i.e. cockroaches). yet God still decides to (unfathomably) send His own Son Jesus Christ to come save us. Because, God knows why (literally), He loves us with an everlasting, unchangeable, will never go away and will never decrease and will never increase, way. it's called agape love.
wanna know why? go ask Him. and the funny thing is, this will (to some extent, it may vary a little) be His answer: because you are beautiful in My sight, because I created you and knit you together when you were virtually nothing. because I cannot stop loving you, no matter what you do, no matter how much you might Hate me, I will always love you. just because I might not love the things you do (and they may be downright disgusting to Me), doesn't change how much I love you. you were created by Me to be beautiful. and I love you. period.
imagine that. in fact, don't imagine it. know it.
because, ladies and gents, it's true.
i should know. because i believe that "i am the worst of sinners" to quote paul. i think i am downright disgusting, hateful, and very, very ugly.
yet for some reason, people still love me and strangely (especially to me) call me beautiful.
and the greatest, most unbelievable thing? God has seen a million times more into my soul than all these people, and He knows exactly just how ugly and twisted i can be. yet, He loves me the most. and to Him, while the things i do may not be beautiful... to Him, strangely, i am.
and He's so graciously sent people into my life who can see beauty in me where all i see is darkness.
i'm going to go attempt to do my readings now (break week is almost over and, guess what? i've only finished 2 out of 4 readings for 1 module and erm, 1 weeks worth of readings for the other - and i have to do 5 weeks worth of readings. ouch.)
i need to do something about the little project i have in mind, as frivolous as it might sound to some, i think it's actually quite, quite... well, i like it. shall go discuss it with the boyfriend.
toodles.
Isn't He wonderful, wonderful, wonderful
Isn't Jesus my Lord wonderful
Eyes have seen, ears have heard
It's recorded in God's word
Isn't Jesus my Lord wonderful.