Love of God.

 The Love of God

A Reflection on 1 John 4:9-10, Romans 5:8, and Jeremiah 31:3

The love of God—not a whisper, not a sigh,

But a roar that shook the heavens and taught the dead to fly.

It is not fickle, not a feeling that the seasons turn.

It is a flame that ever burns, a truth the heart must learn.

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. (1 John 4:9)

The love of God—it did not wait for us to clean our hands,

To make ourselves presentable, to meet its high demands.

While we were still sinners, still rebels, still at war,

Christ died for us, and opened heaven's door.

But God demonstrates His own love for us in this: While we were still sinners, Christ died for us. (Romans 5:8)

It is higher than the heavens, deeper than the sea.

It will not let you go, no matter where you flee.

It pursued you in the valley, it chased you up the hill.

And when you had no strength to run, it carried you, and still,

It holds you, keeps you, never leaves you all alone.

The love of God has made His heart your home.

It keeps no record of wrongs—it covers, it forgives.

It breathes new life into the dead, it makes the wounded thrive.

It is patient, kind, not jealous, proud, or rude.

It is the only force that changes every attitude.

“I have loved you with an everlasting love; I have drawn you with unfailing kindness.” (Jeremiah 31:3)

So let the mountains crumble, let the oceans cease to roar.

The love of God endures forever, and it is the very core

Of all that is, of all that was, of all that yet will be.

The love of God—my song, my hope, my liberty.

Amen.