He loves me not?

He loves me?  He loves me not?

He loves me??  He loves me not??

He loves me???  He loves me not???

(while pulling the leaves in a malunggay plant?! hehe!)

 

Well, I'm not talking about a mortal being here, He's a personal Friend, the Eternal One. :)

I'm tempted to think this way sometimes when my prayers seem to be unanswered and in vain...in short, when I don't get what I want.  The enemy is giving me this thought: "If God really loves you, He will give you what you want.  He is such a killjoy depriving you of things you deserve."  Thank God I wasn't brainwashed!  It's like, if a good father really loves his 3-year-old son, will he give him the sharp knife that the boy really wants to have?  Of course not!  Because the good father really loves his son that's why he's not giving him the sharp knife now...not this time yet...maybe in the future when the boy already knows how to handle the sharp knife or maybe not at all.  He's a good father anyway so he knows what's best for his son, right?  "...He is such a killjoy depriving you of things you deserve."  What do I deserve anyway?  What makes me think I deserve something in this life?  I'm a sinner who deserves death...(Rom. 3:23; 6:23).  He took my place and died for me...with His outstretched arm He said, "I love you this much!"  If I expect God to give me all I wanted in this life, am I not seeing Him as a genie in a bottle instead of a God? :) 

 

Oh, I forgot my life verse so quickly... "And we know that all things work together for good to them that love God, to them who are called according to his purpose" (Romans 8:28).  "And we know..." it means I'm aware of this fact, I believe.  "All things..." means good and bad things, things I like and don't like, etc.  "Work together for good..." means every thing (either good or bad) when blended, combined, and mixed will come out for my good (the good that God knows best).  "To them that love God..." well, it's obvious, those who love God (and that includes me!). :)  "To them who are called according to his purpose..." what's his purpose?  "...to be like His Son, Jesus Christ."  A devotional I read said, it's like making a cake...if you will taste each ingredient (e.g. yeast, salt, flour, sugar, butter, chocolate, etc.) some may taste good and some may taste bad but when made into a cake by the Master Baker...oh it just tastes good and delicious!!! :)

 

O how He loves you and me

O how He loves you and me

He gave His life

What more could He give?

O how He loves you

O how He loves me

O how He love you and me

 

He loves me not??? Nah... He loves me so much! :)