“I will love you for you, not for what you have done or what you will become, I will love you for you, I will give you the love, the love that you never knew.”
—“What Love Really Means” by JJ Heller, from the albumWhen I’m With You
It says in Psalm 139:14 that we are “fearfully and wonderfully made.” Another translation says, “You shaped me first inside, and out”. As I began to fall more in love with God, I also began to see who I really was, and why He loved me. He loves me because I am ME, because He made me—not because I have earned it, and not because I do what everyone else does. As God’s love for me became clear, so did my understanding, and when I finally saw that, I became content with who God made me to be. For the first time in my life, as funny as it sounds, I liked myself, because God made me, and more than that, because He loves me for me.
This is something so many people today struggle with, possibly even you. Maybe it’s not with confidence or self worth, but maybe it’s with how you look. You don’t think your attractive enough, you don’t feel smart enough, you always feel like something needs to change so you can feel accepted. I know because I’ve been there. But I’m asking you to hear me out. You don’t have to feel that way. God loves you for who you are, not for who you think you need to be. He created you in HIS imagine and HIS likeness. You are fearfully and wonderfully made from the inside out, and nothing can change that.
There is a line at the very end of JJ Heller's latest single, "What Love Really Means," that says “I will give you the love, the love that you never knew.” This is so true. The very second you allow God’s love to infiltrate your life, you will never see yourself the same way again. His love will change the way you live. His love will change the way you see and treat others. But most of all, His love will set you free.
I encourage you today to take that first step, to let go of your pain and allow God’s love to take over. I can promise you…you’ll never look back.
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