“I have loved you,” says the Lord. “But you ask, ‘How have you loved us?’ “Was not Esau Jacob’s brother?” declares the Lord. “Yet I have loved Jacob,” Malachi 1:2 NIV God said these words to the Israelites. Even though they had returned from the exile and the temple had been rebuilt, their dream based…
When our feelings toward others take the place of God's love
Sometimes even though we may love Christ and feel loved by Him too, there may be areas of our hearts where we have not allowed God’s love to reach. Those areas are the empty corners left by unhealed heartbreaks. The emptiness of those secret places in our hearts may leave us with a desperate need…