An Unbelievable Kind of Love

I have recently become fascinated with love. Not the romantic kind of love that makes up the inspiration behind every chick flick ever, though I do appreciate that kind of love as well, but the kind of awe-inspiring love that can only be felt when you have a relationship with God.

Everywhere we look we are surrounded by images of "love". The media is so set on convincing us that sex is the main way to know if you are really in love with someone. That the only way you can really know if your love is real is to test it physically. This is not true, guys. Love isn't sex. Sex is a way to express your love at the appropriate time (and by that I mean after marriage). It is time for us to stop buying into the lies that are constantly put out there, and the only way that is really going to happen is if we really start to understand what True Love is. I haven't decided whether my next few blogs will be focusing on the topic of love or the book of Jeremiah, but for now I'm focusing on the Call of Jeremiah, so I can pretty much go either way. Say a prayer that God will show me where to go from here.

The Call of Jeremiah is one of those places in the Bible where you read a section of scripture and just stop to say "Wow. This is amazing."

⁴ The word of the LORD came to me, saying,  ⁵ “Before I formed you in the womb I knew^[a] you,
   before you were born I set you apart;
   I appointed you as a prophet to the nations.”
 ⁶ “Alas, Sovereign LORD,” I said, “I do not know how to speak; I am too young.”
 ⁷ But the LORD said to me, “Do not say, ‘I am too young.’ You must go to everyone I send you to and say whatever I command you. ⁸ Do not be afraid of them, for I am with you and will rescue you,” declares the LORD.
 -Jeremiah 1:4-8

Isn't it amazing to stop and think about the fact that God knew you before you were born? While you were still forming, God had a plan for you. God knew that Jeremiah was going to be a prophet before Jeremiah even knew what the world outside of his mother's womb looked like. How great are God's plans that he knows that much about us from the very beginning? And even more, when Jeremiah was terrified and insecure, God took the time to comfort him. God could have simply said "I know what's best. Trust me and suck it up." But He didn't. He looked at Jeremiah and told him not to make his age a hindrance, to not be afraid, and that wherever Jeremiah goes and whatever he does, God will be with him and will rescue him in Jeremiah's times of need.

We serve a comforting God. We serve a planning God.  How amazing is that?

Your Fellow Water Walker,
-Ashlee