His Love Comes Down and Rescues Me

It had been 238 days since the last time I stepped foot in a church. That doesn't mean that I've been without God, prayer, praise, etc.; I just haven't made organized religion and the gathering with fellow Christians in a formal setting a priority (for a few different reasons). I've been invited a handful of times by numerous friends, but I've always found excuses to not go. Well on Sunday, I found no excuse and my prior engagement fell through. Here's how it went...
 
It is August 19, 2012 at 9:30 AM. Long story short: I've spent the past two days in Georgia visiting friends and having fun. I was supposed to be back in Nashville, TN at 4:00 today for work, yet I'm in Atlanta. I was going to leave this morning at 9:00, but last night I got a text message saying the shift I had picked up on Sunday was taken off the schedule, so now I have the entire day off. Therefore I had no excuse to not go to church with my friend, Jared, who has been eagerly asking me to come along to the "awesome new church" he has been visiting over the past few weeks.
 
So, here I am. And, oh my goodness... I needed this service and time with fellow Christians!!! The message is about Love: God's love: the characteristics of it, what it does, and how it works. Love… That ONE thing that I am constantly searching for on this earth, all the while overlooking (yet not totally forgetting) that His love is ALL that I need, and I have it all the time... always. Yep, He and I both know that my eyes needed this redirection.

As I am listening to the pastor explain how while all things change God’s love doesn’t, I instantly relate it to my life. Most everything in my life has been constantly changing (sometimes by choice and sometimes not) since 2009. I’ve been so consumed in finding my place, myself, and love from others here on this earth that I have pushed the one love relationship that has always been faithful to the side, casting it off and putting it on hold, enough to where it wasn’t the center of my life and more importantly, the center of my heart.

Instead of focusing on the love that I do have, have always had, and will always have, I’ve spent too much time and energy focusing on the love that I once had or the love that I want to have. Neither of which are existent in the here and now. However, no matter where I am, what I am doing, or who is around me, God’s love is there. Always.

I am so grateful that God gave me this much needed time today to redirect my focus and open my heart to the overflowing amount of unconditional love that He blesses me with in each second of my life. I needed to remind myself of all that He has done, is doing, and will do in my heart and in my life. His love always comes down and rescues me. When no one else is there to love me and when my self-love is not enough, His love is there and is always enough. No matter what: “Mountain high or valley low;” He is there, and I am His. And that is all that I need. Nothing more. <3

If any of you are struggling with love, heartbreak, or anything that seems too “big” to handle, just give yourself up to Him. No matter what obstacles you are facing and/or how low your life may seem at this moment, nothing is too great for Him. He loves you, unconditionally, when no one else does. When your love is not enough, His will always be enough.