Pursuit of God

So, I've been going through 2nd Timothy in my quiet times this week. Yesterday, I read through 2nd Timothy 1:8-10. It's an interesting passage that talks about how God's plan calls us to remember we will struggle and that God wants us to be in full pursuit of Him. Through Jesus Christ, God removed death and suffering from our lives. What a humbling passage that brings forth the idea that God's grace is amazing. It is easy to become frustrated with God and want to know what he'll do to change our lives. However, we have to remember that we too must contribute to the changes in our lives. I listened to Matt Chandler's sermon titled 2009 the other day and he talks about how you can't truly diet and become more healthy by the flip of a switch. You have to address the mental and spiritual things that cause you to be lazy, eat bad things as a way of comforting yourself, etc. This is a similar idea to what you get from 2nd Timothy. Just thought it was interesting and worth sharing.

I love you this much

A simple phrase said to kids, but equally applicable to how our Savior feels about us brought into light for me by a country song titled the same and sung by Jimmy Wayne. "He reallized that he hadn't been unloved or alone all his life. His arms were stretched out as far as they'd go, nailed to the cross for the whole world to know...However long it takes, I'm never giving up. No matter what, I love you this much." I mean, is there a better way to describe God's love for us than this simple verse of a country music song?