Father in Heaven! You have loved us first, help us never to forget that You are love so that this sure conviction might triumph in our hearts over the seduction of the world, over the inquietude of the soul, over the anxiety for the future, over the fright of the past, over the distress of the moment.
But grant us also that this conviction might discipline our soul so that our heart may remain faithful and sincere in the love which we bear to all those whom you have commanded us to love as we love ourselves.
You have loved us first, O God, alas! We speak of it in terms of history as if You have only loved us first but a single time, rather than that without ceasing. You have loved us first many times and every day and our whole life through. When we wake up in the morning and turn our soul toward You - You are the first - You have loved us first. If I rise at dawn and at the same second turn my head toward You in prayer, You are there ahead of me, You have loved me first. When I withdraw from the distractions of the day and turn my soul toward You, You are the first and thus forever. And yet we always speak ungratefully as if Your have loved us first only once."
I John 4:19 ~ "We love, because He first loved us."
Jeremiah 31:3 ~"For I have loved you with an everlasting love, declares the Lord, and have drawn you with My lovingkindness."
my prayer today...
LORD, grant me Your grace to keep my heart open to receive, take in, embrace, believe, accept, trust in Your love and give out, share, refresh, and pour out Your love onto others.... keep me fluid with a pure heart...
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