"Insistence"

"Why hast thou then broken down her hedges, so that all they which pass by the way do pluck her?" (Psalms 80:12) The more I try to figure it out, the more complicated it gets. The thing that gets me most is how much God loves us, even though we are so hard headed and don't listen half the time to what He says, He still loves us. You know, sometimes love brings us to a place where we must listen. It might not seem like God is working things out for the good, but He really is a very good Father; the problem is that we are not always very good children. There is another thing that comes with restoration, and it's sometimes called, purification. I can only do so much on my own, but when God gets busy working in my life, you can bet that things start getting done! Sure, the devil knows all of my weaknesses, but God is my strength; and for some reason the devil just does not get that. I know we sometimes forget how important we are in God's sight; but that's mostly because we loose sight of how much God loves us. That is what idols do to us, they cause us to loose sight of who God is and how much He loves us...
"All unrighteousness is sin: and there is a sin not unto death. We know that whosoever is born of God sinneth not; but he that is begotten of God keepeth himself, and that the wicked one toucheth him not. And we know that we are of God, and the whole world lieth in wickedness. And we know that the Son of God is come, and hath given us an understanding, that we may know him that is true; and we are in him that is true, even in his Son Jesus Christ. This is the true God, and eternal life. Little children, keep yourselves from idols. Amen." (1 John 5:17-21) KJV