Love wins. . .

I think we all struggle with the thought of perfect love, a love that won't leave us nor forsake us, a love that won't let us down, a perfect love.  I know that it is hard for me to realize that God loves me perfectly.  It is a war that is fought in my brain.  Does he love me enough to forgive me, does he love me enough to give me peace, does he love me enough to care?  These questions rage against all that I know about God's love.  This battle is fought daily for so many of us seeking God.  But these ridiculous questions are lies that the enemy plants in us, and you know what we have to do with these weedy lies?  Take a shovel and rip them from our minds.  God loves us.  GOD LOVES US, perfectly.  We may sin, we may have doubts, but God's perfect love overlooks that and loves us anyway.  No matter what, you will always will have  God's love.

To Save a Life

I just finished reading the book  To Save a Life by Jim and Rachel Britts and it had me in tears. I never realized how every single thing we do effects other people.  In this book, a boy named Jake witnesses his old friend, Roger, kill himself and feels like it was his fault.  Jake and Roger grew up together and were best friends, until high school when Jake left Roger to pursue popularity.  Jake knows that he could have been kinder to Roger, and he feels like he could have saved his life if he had just tried harder to pay attention to him.  Through the book Jake comes to know God and Jesus and knows that popularity doesn't matter, love does.  Jake befriends a young boy named Jonny who doesn't have any friends at school and is struggling with his alcoholic mom at home.  This story is so  inspiring and led me on an incredible emotional and spiritual journey.