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Renee Swope

Encouraging and equipping moms to parent with God's grace and confidence.

It’s Hard to Believe

It’s hard to believe that God could love me the way He does.

It’s hard to believe that no matter what I do, His love will never fail, never change, never end.

It’s hard to believe that He delights in me. That He just likes to look at me and watch me with love in His eyes, even when I am not doing a thing.

It’s hard to believe that even though I’ve broken His heart, betrayed His trust and questioned His ways…He still loves me!!!!

It’s hard to believe but it’s good to know that it’s true!

I want to be a woman who not only believes in God, but really believes Him. I want to really live like His love is true. As I promised in my devotion today at P31 and Crosswalk, I wanted to share a few of my favorite promises of His love from His Word. Will you join me in allowing these words to pour over our hearts and minds and let them become our truths.

“You are precious and honored in my sight, and…I love you.” Isaiah 43:4

“Fear not, for I have redeemed you; I have called you by name; you are mine.” Isaiah 43:1

“God is love. Whoever lives in love lives in God, and God in him. In this way, love is made complete among us…There is no fear in love. But perfect love drives out fear…” 1 John 4:16b-17, 18

“In love he predestined us to be adopted as his sons through Jesus Christ, in accordance with his pleasure and will— to the praise of his glorious grace, which he has freely given us in the One he loves.” Ephesians 1:5-6

“In him we have redemption through his blood, the forgiveness of sins, in accordance with the riches of God’s grace that he lavished on us with all wisdom and understanding…”Ephesians 1:7-8

“And I am convinced that nothing can ever separateus from God’s love. Neither death nor life, neither angels nor demons, neither our fears for today nor our worries about tomorrow—not even the powers of hell can separateus from God’s love.” Romans 8:38

“And so we know and rely on the love God has for us.” 1 John 4:16

How are you knowing and relying on God’s love today? Are there verses God’s given you to remind you that your heart may say one thing but His heart says another…You are loved!!!!!! I would love to know your favorite “love note” verses.

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  1. Renee,
    Thanks so much for stopping by my teen blog on Monday (WOW..you read them both!)
    As far as my running goes, check out my Lynn Cowell blog today if you have time. I had a rough time on my run EARLY (5:20 a.m.!) this morning. I am plugging away. We are suppose to run 12 1/2 this Saturday. Melissa and I will be speaking in Kinston, so I guess Greg and I will try to get it in on Sunday sometime after I get back.
    I think it would be great to get together and run with you! I NEVER like to run alone – I am too prone to quit. It would also be great to get our husbands together for dinner too. Let’s talk about it!
    See you soon,
    Lynn
    PS Glad you enjoyed my talk.:)

  2. This is hard for me to grasp sometimes. The knowing and the KNOWING! Thank you for the reminder and the encouragement with the verses to keep us going=)

    Thanks for stopping by my blog and for choosing my post. I’m really excited to be able to contribute something. We love ya’lls ministry!

    God Bless,
    Tasha

  3. “I knit you together in your mothers womb…
    You are fearfully and wonderfully made”
    Psalm 139

    Thank you for the great post Renee’ and the precious reminder of the love of our lives!!

    Bless you,
    pat layton

  4. Thank you to all who have posted their favorite love notes!!!! There are many I like, but the one that has ministered to me the most is 1Peter4:8″ Above all, love each other deeply, because love covers a multitude of sins.”
    God gave me this is the midst of one of the hardest battles of my life, forgiving my husband!!!!
    In 1Corinthians13:4-8 GOD laid out how we are to love, when we love like that, all sins will be covered, after all isnt that how CHRIST loved us when He went to the cross?

  5. Hi Renee,
    Thank you for this post. I have been open to letting God love me lately. I am trying to let go of the need to prove myself. I have two quick (maybe!) stories.
    Last Wednesday was a rough day, mostly of my overcommitted making. Anyway, I was headed to church for a meeting, feeling low, and I just prayed that God remind me that He loves me in spite of myself. When I got out of the car, there was the most beautiful and out of place rainbow stretching in a field across the street. No rain, just a rainbow. Awesome.

    The Lord also gave me a scripture in a dream a few months ago. I was praying and questioning did He know how much I’ve changed and that it is sincere. I had a dream that I was wandering around where I used to work (and get into trouble) and no one recognized me. Someone handed me an ornament with Hebrews 2:6 written on it. Immediately upon waking I looked it up: “For someone has testified somewhere, “What are human beings that you are mindful of them, or mortals, that you care for them?” I knew that it came from Psalm 8, one of my favorites. But I didn’t know about this reference in Hebrews. I know God used the one I love in a place I didn’t know to let me know how He really feels about all of us. Me included!

    Thanks for giving me a chance to share one of my favorite reminders. God Bless all of you at P31!
    Deb Giese