We're Loved ---It's Worth Repeating

"For you (Lord) created my inmost being...I praise you because I am fearfully and wonderfully made." (Psalm 139:13-14)

"How great is the love the Father has lavished on us, that we should be called children of God! And that is what we are." (1 John 3:1)

"God is love. Whoever lives in love lives in God, and God in her..." (1 John 4:16)

Living like we're loved. I read an article in this morning's paper about Mary J Blige, and how she suffered for years from self-doubt and a feeling of worthlessness. After a series of bad relationships, she is now happily married to a man who uplifts her and makes her feel like a woman worthy of being loved. And as a result, she has learned to love herself.

Mary says, "Once I found love, I found self-love. It's the awareness that someone cares about you, so why don't you?"

Living like we're loved. It's amazing that we don't get how we are loved. We turn to fallible humans for our measurement of how lovable we are, when the God of the universe, our Creator, wants to lavish on us His most unconditional, unmeasurable, undeniable, unending Love.

Living liked I'm love. At all times, no matter what the circumstances, I want to treasure the knowledge that I am special, lovable and loved because I was made by Him, I am loved by Him and I was uniquely chosen to be His. Self-esteem doesn't get much better than that.