"Bad Goes."

"Yet he passed away, and, lo, he was not: yea, I sought him, but he could not be found." (Psalms 37:36) We can hardly understand why God loves us like He does, but we are instructed to accept that He does, and then to respond to that love as a child; not questioning why He loves us, but just believing that He does by the love that He has demonstrated towards us. It is kind of odd the way love can fade, in our relationships together as husbands and wives, as well as our love for God; you can just wake up one morning, and you don't feel like you have it in you to love any longer. But God, He does not change; nor does He stop loving us any more or any less from day to day; His love for us is always the same! It is really hard to understand that, because that is not how we love, nor are we capable of loving as God loves, because God is Love. Yes, I know, this does not seem to be in line with verse 36, and the wicked that has passed away; but I felt the Lord speaking to my heart regarding something personal; something that relates to what happens when we truly do surrender our lives completely over to Him: we fall deeply in love with Him! And when that happens, the bad goes! This is what John is speaking about in 1 John 5:3, as he said, "For this is the love of God, that we keep His commandments: and His commandments are not grievous"; the more we surrender our lives to God, the more we are able to love Him; and the more that we love Him, the easier it is to keep His commandments. It is pretty much the same in our relationship with our spouse, only on a much smaller scale; but if we are feeling out of love with our mate, then we need to surrender more to their needs and die more to ourselves; in doing so, we will fall deeper in love with them, and we will find it easier to please them. If the love relationship has changed in our hearts, then we need to change our heart; doing so requires a little thing called sacrifice, whereas, we must sacrifice our own desires for the desires of our mate; then the flame is kindled, and love can begin to burn again. Try that with God also... "Come unto Me all ye that labour and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest. Take My yoke upon you, and learn of Me; for I am meek and lowly in heart: and ye shall find rest unto your souls. For My yoke is easy, and My burden is light." (Matthew 11:28-30)