Because God Loves Me

Here is an insert from Quiet moments alone with God, this is Dr. Dickerson's paraphrased version of 1 Corinthians 13.

*Because God Loves me, he is slow to lose patience with me, Because God loves me, he takes the circumstances of my life and uses them in a constructive way for my growth. Because God loves me, he does not treat me as an object to be possessed and manipulated.

*Because God Loves me, he has no need to impress me with how great and powerful he is because he is God. Nor does he belittle me as his child in order to show me how important he is.

*Because God loves me, he is for me. He wants me to mature and develop in his love.

*Because God loves me, he does not send down his wrath on every little mistake I make, of which there are many.

*Because God loves me, he does not keep score of all my sins and then beat me over the head with them whenever he gets a chance.

*Because God loves me, he is deeply grieved when I do not walk in the ways that please him because he sees this as evidence that I don't trust him and love him as I should.

*Because God loves me, he rejoices when I experience his power and strength and stand up under the pressure of life for his name's sake.

*Because God loves me, he keeps working patiently with me even when I feel like giving up and can't see why he doesn't give up with me too.

*Because God loves me, he keeps on trusting me when at times I don't even trust myself.

*Because God loves me, he never says there is no hope for me, rather,he patiently works with me, loves me, and disciplines me in such a way that it is hard for me to understand the depth of his concern for me.

*Because God loves me, he never forsakes me even though many of my friends might.


I thought this was really powerful, in the devotional it also said to read this to yourself twice a day for 30 days and to see how differently you feel about yourself, I have been trying to make a habit of at least reading it once a day. If we can just try and grasp just how in love God is with us, maybe we can change the bad feelings we sometimes have about ourselves.

Be Blessed!