Dear Friend

I’ve been thinking about you “absolutely knowing God loves you” and praying that His Spirit will bear witness with your spirit so that you will know that He loves you. I think the fact that you are struggling with knowing is a sign that He does love and that your faith in Him is growing.  Often times we question God’s love for us because we think there is something we have to do to earn it or we think that if He really loves us we won’t suffer but these are lies of Satan. There is nothing we can do to earn God’s love, our good works are so tainted with pride and self-righteousness that they are but filthy rags to God. We suffer because we live in a broken world and sin has effected everything including our health so don’t let Satan tempt you into believing that your illnesses are a sign God doesn’t love you.

God is sovereign and He rules over all things, there is nothing out of His control and all the heartaches of life He uses to draw us to Himself, to grow our faith in Him and to empty us of ourselves, that is to keep us from believing we can earn His love.  Oh my heart longs for you to BELIEVE by power of the Holy Spirit that you are dearly loved by God not because of what you have done but because of what Christ did for you. He came as man and lived a perfect sinless life and died on the cross taking on the wrath of God and was raised from the dead and is now seated at the right hand of God that we His children might know Him as Lord and Savior. See how great a love He has for you! 

Often when I am struggling with this issue I will read Ephesians chapter 1, 2 and 3 because it reminds me of the depth of my sin and the magnitude of God’s love for me.  

Hugs and prayers and much love for you.