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Do You Feel
Loved?
August 2009
Does anyone care about me? I am lonely and nobody
loves me. Do these
thoughts float in your mind? What if I tell you that someone loves you
very
much that he gave his very best for you? Well, He is the creator of the
heavens
and the earth. He is the One who divided the Red
Sea,
so His people can pass through on dry ground. He provided manna, the
bread from
heaven, for the children of Israel.
He shut the mouths of lions when Daniel was thrown in the lion's den.
This
mighty, awesome God is my/our Daddy. You and I are fashioned by the
Grand
Designer and created in His image. He has written your name in palms of
His
hands (Isaiah 49:16). Visualize this, every time God looks at His
palms, He is
looking at your name. In a sense, it is like having the photo of a
loved one in
your wallet and looking at it each time you open the wallet.
He has numbered the hairs
on your head (Luke 12:7). The average person has
around 100,000 hairs on his/her head. Now, that's a lot of hair. He has
not
counted the number of hairs, but numbered them. He has given a name to
each of
the stars in heaven. Psalm 147:4 (NIV) says, "He determines the number
of the
stars and calls them each by name". Astronomers indicate that there are
around 300,000,000,000,000,000,000,000 stars in the universe. God has placed each and
every star in its exact location and calls each one of them by name.
Here
is another fact, every day 155,000 people die that is at least two
every
second. So, if you woke up this morning and did not find your name in
the
obituary column, you have every reason to thank God for giving another
day. He
has assigned angels to each of us for protecting us from harm. Psalm
91:11
(NIV) says, "For he will command his angels concerning you to guard you
in
all
your ways". God knows you by name and has a fantastic plan for you.
Jeremiah 29:11 (NIV) says, "For I know the plans I have for you,"
declares
the LORD, "plans to prosper you and not to harm you, plans to give you
hope and a future".
God loves
us so much that he gave His one and only son, Jesus Christ to die
on the cross for our redemption from sin. Jesus Christ left the
glorious
fellowship of the Father and the adoration and worship of the angels,
took upon
human flesh, traveled across the cosmos to save people like us. Jesus
Christ
would have died just for you, even if there had been no one else to be
redeemed.
God thinks of you as priceless and you are special in His eyes.
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