For God speaks time and again, but a person may not notice it.
Job 33:14 CSB
Nothing lifts my spirits like an unexpected note, call, or text message from someone I love. I am better, my day is brighter, because that person remembered me. I realize I am loved. What a welcome interruption!
As I have gotten to know God over the years, I’ve realized that He delights to communicate His love to me in very personal ways. He has used the most creative, and often humorous, means to get my attention and get His message across.
When God gives me a new message, I’m so excited that I want to take a picture of it! I had just taught a Bible study on John 14 the day I saw this young man:
“If you love me, obey my commandments.’
John 14:14 NLT
“He who has My commandments and keeps them is the one who loves Me.”
John 14:21
“If anyone loves me, he will obey my teaching.”
John 14:23
When I was weighed down with guilt and regret, God graciously reminded me that Jesus reversed the curse of sin and paid the penalty for me:
Jesus reversed the curse!
“Christ redeemed us from the curse of the law by becoming a curse for us”
Galatians 3:13 NIV
I’ll let these pictures and the truths they represent speak for themselves:
He will shield you with his wings. He will shelter you with his feathers. His faithful promises are your armor and protection.
Psalm 91:4 NLT
He does not treat us as our sins deserve or repay us according to our iniquities. As far as the east is from the west, so far has he removed our transgressions from us.
Psalm 103:10,12 NAS
I will restore to you the years that the locust hath eaten.
Joel 2:25 KJV
God created human beings in his image.
Genesis 1:27 NCV
He tends his flock like a shepherd: He gathers the lambs in his arms and carries them close to his heart.
Isaiah 40:11 NIV
You might say that I have blessed eyes, and I would wholeheartedly agree. I say–and, more importantly, God says–that your eyes can be blessed, too (Mt 13:16). Why not ask the Lord to send His encouragement and also ask for eyes to recognize it? See for yourself that God is love and that He loves you!
Send me a sign of your favor…for you, O Lord, help and comfort me.
Psalm 86:17 NLT