Our God is Love

You part the ocean
You calm the raging sea
You are able to do this in me

You said You're for me so who can stand against?
Nothing is too hard for You
Nothing is too hard for You

I know my God is able
I know His love never fails
I know my God is able
I believe in You

We sang this song at church here in melbourne today. Have you ever experienced the indescribable, all-encompassing, tangible love of God? It is the most amazing mind-boggling thing in the universe. I don't have any fancy scriptures for this week, but a very compelling personal experience that reminded me of how much God cares for us.

I used to play tennis competitively (in the dim and distant past) hehe and during that time, I followed players on the World Tour and Grand Slam events closely. There was one female player that I particularly admired for her talent and tenacity. In fact, many tennis greats have called her the greatest female tennis player of all time (I'm talking technical prowess and ability here, none of that beauty-is-the-name-of-the-game nonsense). Her name is Justine Henin. I said a little whimsical prayer and expressed a small wish to God : "Please God could you let me watch her play just once, live? please?"

Years went by. Early last year, Justine Henin announced her retirement from professional tennis as she wanted to pursue things in life other than tennis (shall not go into lengthy detail, if you're interested, google it) and that spelt the end of that dream for me. Or so i thought. A month ago, some family friends in Melb invited me to join them for the Australian Open 2010. There was some drama about going or not going because it clashed with summer hols etc.. but two weeks ago, my ticket to the Aus open was confirmed. Three days ago, I was watching the news and was greeted with the astounding announcement: "Justine Henin has announced her return to tennis and will make her comeback at the Aus Open 2010".

I was stunned. God had answered my prayer!!!! And almost immediately, I remembered the careless and flippant request I had made so long ago, never thinking that God would take it seriously or even care about it. But friends, that is the love of God. If He could remember this (and its such a trivial request, really), how much more will He remember our difficulties and trials and pain! God's love is so... words fail me. I was so overwhelmed with gratitude then. How Good is our God! Nothing is too hard for Him. When we fall He holds out a steadying hand, when we scream He hears, when we think we've had enough!.. He sees. He knows. and most importantly, He cares. Bring everything to God because that's the best (and wisest) move you could possibly make.

In closing, I've found a verse!! Hehe.
Matthew 6: 26 - Look at the birds. They don't plant or harvest or store food in barns, for your heavenly Father feeds them. And aren't you far more valuable to Him than they are? (NLT)

and thats true. may you experience the love of God in a manner that blows you away this week!

xx
grace