Happy Sunday, y’all.
Unfortunately I have seen so many examples in my lifetime of people feeling like they’re not good enough for God. As if they’re too messed up, or they’ve done too many wrong things, and they’re just past the point of no return. As if God “couldn’t love them” because of who they are and what they’ve done…
Now, my heart has hurt for many reasons before, but nothing breaks my heart as much as this. “For God so loved the world…” (John 3:16). That includes you. That includes each one of us. Insert your name where it says “world” because it’s talking about you. “For God so loved YOU that He gave His one and only son…” And the beautiful thing is, yes there are a lot of us that Jesus died to save, but if it were only you? If the only person He needed to die for was you? He wouldn’t have changed a thing. Each one of us, individually, is worth so much – is worth dying for.
One of my favorite passages of scripture is Romans 5:6-8. And to explain why I’m going to break it down verse by verse.
Verse 6 says Christ died for the ungodly. Next time you feel like you’re not “good enough” to receive God’s love, like you’re not “pure” enough, or you’ve messed up “too many times,” remember this: none of us are, and Jesus died for us for that very reason – because we weren’t good enough, because we weren’t pure enough, and because we just can’t seem to stop messing up.
Verse 7 explains that if we were “good,” what would be the point? Christ wouldn’t need to save us if we had it all together. Were that the case, what would we need to be saved from?
Verse 8. Man I love verse 8. “But God demonstrates His own love for us in this: while we were still sinners, Christ died for us.” We are worth it, y’all. We are worth so much more than we can even fathom. Verse 8 tells us that Jesus loved you at your darkest. No matter how horribly you messed up, no matter what the “worst” is that you think you’ve ever been, Jesus loves you just the same in those darkest of moments. His love is unfaltering, it never changes, and it never fails.
Friends, please remember this the next time you feel like you’re not good enough for Christ’s love. If you feel like God isn’t with you because you’re too much of a mess. Know that nothing could be further from the truth. The very reasons you feel like God couldn’t love you are the very reasons that He does.
You are loved more than you will ever know, by someone who died to know you.
Stay sweet,
Caroline Victoria
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