"God's Love"

PSALMS 103 [A Psalm of David.]
There are many different reasons that we can point to David's writing this Psalm, but the biggest one of all is that David knew God loved him. When or if you watch the movie Ragamuffin, there is one thing that Rich says several times, that when we get to heaven the Lord will ask us one thing, "Did you believe that I loved you?" Things can sure get better when we know that we are loved, especially when we are loved by our Creator, the Living God! Just the thought of knowing, in what ever situation we might find ourselves currently in, to just reflect upon the fact that God loves you, is sometimes all it takes to remove the hardship of whatever is going on around us, in us, or to us. I love my wife, but my love for her pales in the light of God's love; His love has no bounds, whatsoever! We can get so fickle over the strangest things, especially when it comes to how we think that we should be treated. As to the point being made in yesterday's post, the LORD knew all along that He would take the punishment for our sins; just the reality of death, massive death to all life that had breath, was such a heartbreaking thought, it grieved Him in His heart enough to remind Him of the death that He would suffer for all of us. I heard a message yesterday, it was only a brief moment, but I know what it was all about. It was the pastor saying something like this: "He took on flesh and died a horrific death; so He's not just up there in heaven saying, 'Sorry for all the pain and suffering, it will all be gone soon enough; so have a nice life." Unlike the attitude of the professor in the movie, "God's Not Dead," who said something very similar to that very statement; our attitude should always be one of gratitude and thanksgiving, even in the midst of something horrific. Next time someone says that God does not care, you can remind them of how much He actually does...
"Who has believed our message? To whom has the LORD revealed his powerful arm? My servant grew up in the LORD'S presence like a tender green shoot, like a root in dry ground. There was nothing beautiful or majestic about his appearance, nothing to attract us to him. He was despised and rejected -a man of sorrows, acquainted with deepest grief. We turned our backs on him and looked the other way. He was despised, and we did not care. Yet it was our weaknesses he carried; it was our sorrows that weighed him down. And we thought his troubles were a punishment from God, a punishment for his own sins! But he was pierced for our rebellion, crushed for our sins. He was beaten so we could be whole. He was whipped so we could be healed. All of us, like sheep, have strayed away. We have left God's paths to follow our own. Yet the LORD laid on him the sins of us all." (Isaiah 53:1-6) NLT