Be it daily struggles, sudden life challenges, we often wonder when its all going to end. We feel we are almost overwhelmed, constantly thinking and analysing possible outcomes and many what ifs'. I think as humans, we are not called to figure out the journey of life before or during the process. God already has done that, all we have to do is go close to Him and He reveals, directs and strengthens for the road ahead.
Remember, what ever it may be someone else has gone, going through or going to go through that challenge you might be facing and they survived, surviving, going to survive with heads held high, don't be the one to give up!
Enduring, Endearing Love
“DIAMONDS ARE FOREVER” ---at least that’s what
the jewellery industry hopes enamoured couples everywhere will believe. One
advertiser boasted, “Since diamonds lasts forever, a diamond engagement ring
tells to your sweetheart that your love for her will be unwavering on into
eternity.” Unfortunately, a diamond often outlasts the marriage it was meant to
symbolize. Human love is not flawless.
So where can you find flawless and eternal
love? Psalm 136 asserts repeatedly that God’s love “endures forever.” This
antiphonal song served as an anthem or pledge of mutual love between God and
his people. Old Testament priests sang the first phrase in these verses while
the congregation answered with the refrain. “His love endures forever.” It is
much like an exchange of wedding vows between God and his bride, the nation of
Israel (see Isaiah 62:5).
God desires the closeness of such
relationship with each of us for eternity. And his love lasts beyond a
lifetime. Not only does God offer us enduring love, He also extends endearing
love., a strong affection that lifts one higher or increases the value of the
one beloved. Enduring speaks of the quantity of God’s love while endearing
portrays the quality. The psalmist says that God is “the one who remembered us in our low estate”
(verse 23). We are nothing. But God loved us before we were lovely. We are His
diamonds in the rough.
In the rough, a diamond looks like a
common pebble. The stone must undergo a finishing process to bring out its full
radiance. It is then held against a large grinding wheel to cut and polish the
stone. Many meticulous hours are spent perfecting it.
Like the nation of Israel, God has lifted
you out of the rubble of a worthless life. He is polishing and chiseling you
into a jewel of great beauty. You are His diamond. You are like a bride being
prepared for the bridegroom. And His love endures forever.
Culled from the New Women Devotional Bible
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