It’s Important That You Know This
Your Faith – It’s Important That You Know This
It’s important that you know this – God loves you, and He always will.
Even when your life is difficult at times, You are not truly alone.
God isn’t going anywhere.
Who is man to deserve such a loving Heavenly Father?
It’s hard to even imagine the depths of God’s love.
Through the sacrifice of Jesus on the cross we are redeemed from the eternal punishment that we rightly deserve.
This beautiful quote from Joni Eareckson Tada is filled with encouragement . . .
There is a word that marks the love of Christ, and that is excessive. His love for you overflows all reason, all expectations, all your hopes and dreams. For Christ to lay down his life for you tells you that his covenant is no schoolboy pledge or head-of-state agreement or legal contract. Christ’s love is riddled with powerful emotion. For him to die for you is for him to be delighted in you.
Let Christ’s passion for you stir the depths of your yearnings for him. Let yourself be drawn to him today, not only because of his sacrifice for your sin but because of his desire for your soul. – Joni Eareckson Tada, Christian author and CEO of Joni and Friends1
We are His children, and even though we often fail Him, He offers us forgiveness. There is no love more pure or greater than His.
Recently, I came across a poem that captures the unwavering nature of God’s love for us. With a huge thank you to Deborah Ann Belka, I’m happy to share it here.
No Other One
I know no other Savior,
no other who would forgive
nor collect in His bottle
the tears I have to give.
I know no other Shepherd,
no other to show the way
nor when I am in the valley
listen to what I have to say.
I know no other Lamb,
no other who peace brings
nor one who can lead me
to those life giving springs.
I know no other Light,
no other shines so clear
nor one when I am afraid
can take away my fear.
I know no other Creator,
no other with the skill
nor one who loves me
like I know He always will.
I know no other God,
no other one has come before
nor one who’ll come after . . .
for my God is forever more!
“That all the people of the earth
may know that the Lord is God,
and that there is none else.” – King James Version, Public Domain
Copyright 2023, Deborah Ann Belka
~ to GOD be the GLORY ~
He knows us inside and out, the good and the bad, and yet, offers us infinite grace and compassion.
Thank You, Heavenly Father
for who You are, and that You so deeply care for us
May our lives be a shining reflection
of Your goodness and mercy
to those around us.
1Quotation is from Joni Eareckson Tada, 1 John 4:19 Commentary, [2024] Courtesy of Precept Austin, Web. Accessed 19 April, 2025.
2 Poetry courtesy of Deborah Ann Belka, “No Other One.” [online post], June 13, 2023, Web. Accessed April 20, 2025. Retrieved from https://poetrybydeborahann.wordpress.com/
