God's Love For Us

We can all relate to feelings of sadness, grief and hurt as we experience loss and disappointment in our lives. I've gone through trials before. Friends have let me down, I've lost loved ones, people who I thought were true friends hurt me... We all have had trials of some sort in our lives. But one thing we can remember throughout all of our life, God is always there. He will be there for us whenever we need Him. When all seems to be against us, He is one of the only true friends that will be there for us.

 “I implore you to trust wholly in God. “Resist the devil, and he will flee from you. Draw nigh to God, and he will draw nigh to you.” James 4:7, 8. The Christian life is a life of conflict, or self-denial and conquest. It is a continual battle and a march. Every act of obedience to Christ, every victory obtained over self, is a step in the march to glory and final victory. Take Christ for your Guide and He will lead you safely along. The pathway may be rough and thorny and the ascents steep, requiring toil. You may have to press on when weary, when you long for rest. You may have to fight on when faint and hope on when discouraged, but, with Christ as your Guide, you cannot lose the path of immortal life. You cannot fail to reach the exalted seat by the side of your Guide, whose own feet trod the rough path before you, evening the way for your feet. If you follow pride and selfish ambition you will find it pleasant at first, but the end is pain and sorrow. You may follow selfishness, which will promise you much but will poison and embitter your life. To follow Christ is safe. He will not suffer the powers of darkness to hurt one hair of your head. Trust in your Redeemer and you are safe”. – {OHC 25.3}

If we trust in God, he will always be there for us. He’s the best friend we could ask for! His love for us is everlasting. It will never go away.  

We all have times when we doubt that God is really there. But don’t worry, He is always there, even when it seems like you’re the only person left on earth. If you were, He still would’ve come down and died on the cross, just for you. His love for us is so amazing!

Christ’s death proves God’s great love for man. It is our pledge of salvation. To remove the cross from the Christian would be like blotting the sun from the sky. The cross brings us near to God, reconciling us to Him. With the relenting compassion of a father’s love, Jehovah looks upon the suffering that His Son endured in order to save the race from eternal death, and accepts us in the Beloved. – {AA 209.3}

God came down and died on the cross for you. He did it because he loves you! He left all of His glorious things, and came down to earth to be treated cruelly. He loves you so much, that He died for you. 

Let's remember that God loves us! 

Ashley Angeles