The Lord is
gracious and full of compassion, slow to anger and abounding in
mercy and loving-kindness. ~ Psalm 145:8 AMP
Conditional, covered-in-strings love reminds me of the
“Bye Bye Bye” music video by *NSYNC.
Throughout, a girl controls their every move, as if they are marionette
puppets, attached to her by strings. We
laugh at the overture, but for too many, it’s reality. But why do they expose
themselves to that kind of reality, where love is tied to a string that the
puppeteer can yank at any time? Most
often, it’s because the recipient doesn’t think they are worthy of unconditional
love.
But that’s not what God wants for His kids. He sacrificed so much so that we could know
and experience just how much He loves us.
When you come face to face with God’s loving-kindness and then compare
it to the ball of intertwined yarn that’s been the reality of the love you’ve
been shown, it’s a stark, harsh reality.
It’s heartbreakingly devastating.
But God says you are worthy of
being loved. He loves you with an
unfailing, never-ending, no-strings-attached kind of love. God chose you and said you are worthy.
If you’ve only ever known love tied on with strings, it’s
time to break free and run into Father’s embrace. He longs to open your eyes to a new kind of
love, one that won’t go away and will never end, because it’s attached by Blood
and not by strings.
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