My friend Kim gave me a new devotional book. It's called "Experiencing God Day by Day". She said it's her favorite devotional and I can see why! It's got some great daily readings and I know I'm going to really enjoy having it to dig into. This is one that particularly spoke to me this week:
NOTHING CAN SEPARATE YOU
Who can separate us from the love of Christ? Can affliction or anguish or persecution or nakedness or danger or sword? -- Romans 8:35
Nothing you could ever experience, no matter how terrible or frightening, could ever separate you from the love of God. No tribulation and distress you might ever suffer could be so intense that God's love for you is not even more fervent. No persecution could be so painful that God's love cannot bring comfort.
If you base your view of God's love on your circumstances, you will become confused. There may be times when you will ask, "How could a loving God allow this to happen to me?" You may begin to question what you find clearly stated in the Word of God. God promised that you would never be separated from His love; He did not say that you would never face hardship, persecution, poverty or danger. If you doubt that God could love you and still allow you to experience difficult experiences, consider the life of Jesus.
If you allow the death of Jesus on the cross to forever settle any questions you might have about God's love, you will approach difficult circumstances with confidence. Knowing that there will never be anything that could separate you from God's perfect love, you will watch to see how God expresses His love in each circumstance. Don't ever judge God's love based on your circumstances. Instead, evaluate your circumstances from the perspective of God's love.
I've got 2 questions for ya this week:
1) When do you find yourself feeling separated from God? -- and How do you re-connect to Him?
2) What's your favorite devotional?
Ok, I know that was actually three questions..... do tell.
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