Thursday, June 2, 2011

And if our God is for us...

In the book of Romans, SO many of the foundational truths come to light, but we often forget that we're not only adopted by our Heavenly Father, but that NOTHING can separate us from His amazing love. As I sit in my modest home, typing on a nice computer and listen to my 2 healthy girls play, I can't help but think of those who have lost everything in the recent months. I wrote a note last week refering to Romans 8 but couldn't get the following verses out of my head, so when that happens, I figure God put them there for a reason and I blog to share what He's put on my heart. When tough times get you down, when all seems to have gone horribly wrong, please remember that if God is for us, who can be against us! NOTHING can separate us from His love...that's right, NOTHING!

Please continue to pray for our neighbors in Joplin as they grieve, recover and rebuild, for Alabama and yes, even Japan and Haiti. They're not in the news anymore, but that doesn't make the heartache and loss any less painful for them.


"31 What shall we say about such wonderful things as these? If God is for us, who can ever be against us? 32 Since he did not spare even his own Son but gave him up for us all, won’t he also give us everything else? 33 Who dares accuse us whom God has chosen for his own? No one—for God himself has given us right standing with himself. 34 Who then will condemn us? No one—for Christ Jesus died for us and was raised to life for us, and he is sitting in the place of honor at God’s right hand, pleading for us.
35 Can anything ever separate us from Christ’s love? Does it mean he no longer loves us if we have trouble or calamity, or are persecuted, or hungry, or destitute, or in danger, or threatened with death? 36 (As the Scriptures say, “For your sake we are killed every day; we are being slaughtered like sheep.”[n]) 37 No, despite all these things, overwhelming victory is ours through Christ, who loved us.
38 And I am convinced that nothing can ever separate us from God’s love. Neither death nor life, neither angels nor demons,[o] neither our fears for today nor our worries about tomorrow—not even the powers of hell can separate us from God’s love. 39 No power in the sky above or in the earth below—indeed, nothing in all creation will ever be able to separate us from the love of God that is revealed in Christ Jesus our Lord." Romans 8:31-39 NLT

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