God loves you. How many times have we all heard that? Especially when we’re down and out, sad or just struggling with life in general.

Let me be blunt, but clear. God loves you, God loves me but people telling us that isn’t enough.

I won’t put God in a box any longer, which is something I learned almost 5 years ago when I turned 30. God doesn’t just use the Bible to tell me He loves me and praise Him for that or I could not live the life He has called me to. Enough is never enough with God, at least not in my life. In the last week God has spoiled me to tears and I am so grateful I can’t stop surrendering myself to Him and His will. It’s about time I got to this point.

I know God loves me, but I need Him to say it. I need to hear it from Him and sometimes I need to hear it on a daily basis. Far beyond my need is my desire, my want to hear God say I love you. To have God say I love you on a daily basis to me is a deep desire and God doesn’t let it go unmet.

Let me tell you how God has spoiled me in the last week, by shouting He loves me daily.

Blue Jays and Cardinals are my favorite birds, with Woodpeckers coming in second. In the past seven days, a Blue Jay or Cardinal have crossed my path while I was driving. One morning while it was still dark a Cardinal flew low and across the path of my headlights. I know it was sent from God and took that direct path so that I could see it’s beautiful red body. So I could hear God shouting in the early morning, I LOVE YOU. One afternoon I was driving and my eyes wandered to the side of the road where a beautiful and very large Woodpecker was working on a tree. Once again I heard God shout, I love you.

God speaks to each of us in a different way, but all that matters to me is that He speaks to us. All of us if we are willing to listen. God always has time for us and through the creation of these beautiful birds, God spoke directly to me of His love and that He was thinking of me. God has time for me. For you. God has time for all of us. Isn’t that a beautiful declaration and before you think I’m making this up out of my emotions here is a Bible verse to back me up. Isaiah 49:16 Behold, I have graven thee upon the palms of my hands; thy walls are continually before me.

God is always thinking about us. THY WALLS ARE CONTINUALLY BEFORE ME. God loves me and the Bible tells me so, but so does God.

One last example of His personal love for me. Earlier today I was pondering on whether any of my earthly plans actually matter to God. Especially my dreams of getting married one day and having kids. I pondered this because I know I am here to serve and at the end of the day that is enough for me, but as the individual God created me to be, I also have dreams. So I wrote down in my daily log book (God’s love for me book), my worldly worries about my wedding dress being made and having enough money for it as well as a place to have the wedding. After stating those worries, I then wrote, does God really encourage these thoughts, of marriage, of a wedding dress and of a venue to have the wedding. Then I replaced encourage with SUPPORT. I shut my log book and started doing something else when God put a thought in my head. Aunt Debbie’s back yard.

God put the image of my Aunt Debbie and Uncle Jon’s back yard in my head. In that moment I knew God was shouting from the top of a mountain, I LOVE YOU and I CARE FOR YOU.

The point is God cares for me. Because He cares for me He sends Blue Jays, Cardinals, Woodpeckers and images of my Aunt Debbie’s back yard. If God cares for me, He CARES FOR YOU. HE LOVES YOU.

I know God loves me for so many reasons, but I still want to hear God say I love you, daily. I know whatever you are facing, whatever is taking place in your life, God is shouting I love you through your life. We each have an intimate relationship with God, there are things He does specifically for each of us to say I love you.  Keep an eye out for your special I LOVE YOU.

Belinda
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