Can you recall the first time you heard the words "I love you"? I was fourteen years old then, and had "fallen in love" with a wonderful teenage girl who lived across the road from us. As our little relationship developed, my sister served as the go-between, taking notes back and forth between the lovely young lady and myself. Some would call it puppy love, but if that was what it was, it was real to this puppy. Ah, the joys and the thrills of young love, not to mention hearing those three magical words!
Yet as wonderful as that time was, it does not compare to the first time I heard God whisper, "I love you". Right there in John 3:16 it reminds us, "For God so loved the world...", and if He loved the world and I was in it, that meant He loved me! But that generalization became a more intimate reality when I came into a personal relationship with Him. The awe and wonder I felt at the realization that the God of the Universe, the Almighty, the Ancient of Days, loved me surpassed anything I ever experienced.
You too can experience that kind of intimacy and that assurance. God not only loves the world, He loves YOU in a way that no one else could. I encourage you to give Him the opportunity to prove to you how much. I guarantee, it is an experience you will never forget.
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