Today's Daily Bread
Love We Can Trust
Perhaps the most painful statement a person can hear is, “I don’t
love you anymore.” Those words end relationships, break hearts, and
shatter dreams. Often, people who have been betrayed guard themselves
against future pain by deciding not to trust anyone’s love again. That
settled conviction may even include the love of God.
The remarkable thing about God’s love for us is His promise that it
will never end. The prophet Jeremiah experienced devastating
circumstances that left him emotionally depleted (Lam. 3:13-20). His own
people rejected his repeated calls to respond to God’s love and follow
Him. At a low point, Jeremiah said, “My strength and my hope have
perished from the Lord” (v.18).
Yet, in his darkest hour Jeremiah considered God’s unfailing love and wrote, “Through the Lord’s mercies we are not consumed, because His compassions fail not. They are new every morning; great is Your faithfulness. ‘The Lord
is my portion,’ says my soul, ‘therefore I hope in Him!’” (Lam.
3:22-24). A person may vow to love us forever yet fail to keep that
promise, but God’s love remains steadfast and sure. “He is the One who
goes with you. He will not leave you nor forsake you” (Deut. 31:6).
That’s a love we can trust.
O Love that wilt not let me go
I rest my weary soul in Thee;
I give Thee back the life I owe,
That in Thine ocean depths its flow
May richer, fuller be. —Matheson
I rest my weary soul in Thee;
I give Thee back the life I owe,
That in Thine ocean depths its flow
May richer, fuller be. —Matheson
God’s love never fails.
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