While this post has no relevance to Silver Spoon, or any type of food for that matter, it does have a relevance that makes food seem like thumbtacks (or anything else with little to no importance).
Will you stop whatever you're doing right now and try to wrap your mind around God's love for you? Like, seriously? Let's think about God and His mightiness for just a second. God was here before time began (this is already hard to grasp). God created the world you are now living in by speaking it into existence. God literally breathes life because He is life. This entire universe and everything in it is His creation.
Do you realize that the birds you see in the sky are a result of God's creative imagination? One species of birds wasn't enough, so He created 10,000+ different kinds. And apples - there are 7,500+ types of apples to choose from. And why do we have onions AND shallots? Why do we have bananas AND plantains? You know, just because.
God is sovereign over everything you see and can't see. Have you ever studied the complexity of pollination? God's idea. Or the intricacy of the human eye ball? God's idea. You know the soothing sound of music - major and minor sounds, sharps and flats, melody and harmony? God's idea.
God is the most creative, most powerful, most intelligent, most high God. Most of us have witnessed the beauty of mountains, oceans, waterfalls and sunsets. But do you know what God considers to be the pinnacle of his creation? It's you. You are more beautiful to Him than any other part of His awesome creation. You were created in His image. You were created by Him and for Him. You are His child. A child of the Most High God!
You were created with a need that only He can fill. Since we live in a fallen world, we grasp for material things like money, fame and success. We strive for happiness. But God designed us in such a way that in order for us to fill that void, we must strive to seek His face above all else.
God is the King of the universe. Did you read that? Like, seriously read it? He's the King of the universe! Our purpose in this life is not to have a good job after getting a good degree from a good college. It's not about finding your soul mate. It's not about marriage and family. While all those things are good, our purpose in life is to love and worship God. Our purpose is to glorify His name in everything we do. Then, and only then, will we find fulfillment on this side of eternity. There's no other way. Jesus fills our emptiness. No one else.
I can hardly contain myself when I try to think about that. God, the King of the universe, the creator of everything, loves me with such a strong passion that He sent His only Son to pay the price for my sins. Jesus came down from His heavenly throne and became man. He was beaten, kicked, bruised, crucified and hung, paying a price so large you and I cannot even fathom it. Why did he do that? Because He loves you unconditionally. He wants to spend eternity with you. Can you fully understand that? I can't. I'm trying, but it's too much for me to handle.
Regardless of your circumstances, regardless of adversity, God is with you always. He is holding your hand as you walk through life, whispering gentle words of love and encouragement. He fully understands you and all your ways. He equips you to face everything that comes your way. He gives you wisdom and guidance during tough decisions. He loves you. You belong to Him.
Doesn't God's unfathomable love make you want to.... I don't know.... SHOUT?!?!?! Jump? Sing? Dance? Run? Laugh? Do you realize that anything and everything you do, you can do it in the Presence of the Most High God who loves you more than anything? You can make your bed knowing that Jesus is with you and loving you and reading your thoughts and saturating you with grace. You can drive to work and have a conversation with the Creator of the universe, at the same time. You can cook dinner while contemplating the Lord's unchanging and unfailing love for you. He is with you always.
Go spend time with Him, get to know Him. Get to know the creator of all things visible. Hang out in His presence. Let Him shower you with unspeakable peace. Follow Him. He has better plans for you than you can dream of. Leave your old ways behind. Stop doing things that don't matter. Start embracing His everlasting love.
How great is the love the Father has lavished on us, that we should be called children of God. And that is what we are! (1 John 3:1).
But because of His great love for us, God, who is rich in mercy, made us alive with Christ even when we were dead in transgressions - it is by grace you have been saved (Ephesians 2:4-5).
Your love, O Lord, reaches to the heavens, your faithfulness to the skies (Psalm 36:5).
How priceless is your unfailing love! Both high and low among men find refuge in the shadow of your wings (Psalm 36:7).
Within your temple, O God, we meditate on your unfailing love (Psalm 48:9).
But I am like an olive tree flourishing in the house of God; I trust in God's unfailing love for ever and ever (Psalm 52:8).
But you, O Lord, are a compassionate and gracious God, slow to anger, abounding in love and faithfulness (Psalm 86:15).
Give thanks to the God of heaven. His love endures forever (Psalm 136:26).
"For I know the plans I have for you," declares the LORD, "plans to prosper you and not to harm you, plans to give you hope and a future" (Jeremiah 29:11).
The LORD appeared to us in the past, saying: "I have loved you with an everlasting love; I have drawn you with loving-kindness" (Jeremiah 31:3).
The LORD your God is with you, he is mighty to save. He will take great delight in you, he will quiet you with his love, he will rejoice over you with singing" (Zephaniah 3:17).
For God so loved the world that he gave his one and only Son, that whoever believes in him shall not perish but have eternal life (John 3:16).
Greater love has no one than this, that he lay down his life for his friends John 15:13).
As the Father has loved me, so have I loved you. Now remain in my love (John 15:9).
Christ loved us and gave himself up for us as a fragrant offering and sacrifice to God (Ephesians 5:2).
But when the kindness and love of God our Savior appeared, he saved us, not because of righteous things we had done, but because of his mercy. He saved us through the washing of rebirth and renewal by the Holy Spirit (Titus 3:4-5).
This is how God showed his love among us: He sent his one and only Son into the world that we might live through him. This is love: not that we loved God, but that he loved us and sent his Son as an atoning sacrifice for our sins (1 John 4:9-10).
Who shall separate us from the love of Christ? Shall trouble or hardship or persecution or famine or nakedness or danger or sword? As it is written: "For your sake we face death all day long; we are considered as sheep to be slaughtered." No, in all these things we are more than conquerors through him who loved us. For I am convinced that neither death nor life, neither angels nor demons, neither the present nor the future, nor any powers, neither height nor depth, nor anything else in all creation, will be able to separate us from the love of God that is in Christ Jesus our Lord (Romans 8:35-39).
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