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| The Starry Night by Vincent Van Gough (1889) Museum of Modern Art, New York |
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this is love, not that we have loved God but that he loved us and sent his Son
to be the propitiation for our sins. Beloved, if God so loved us, we also
ought to love one another. No one has ever seen God; if we love one another,
God abides in us and his love is perfected in us. 1 John4 10-12
Nothing can change the fact that we are loved. I always knew that my parents loved me. I took that for granted, but it was only when I was in hospital having a melanoma removed that I really understood it. I remember thinking, "my goodness, it's true." And it can be like that with our Creator. Something happens and our eyes are opened. We see and feel and know that we are loved. It took something big to open my eyes, and often this is the case with our Lord and Creator of all things. Like the constancy of life on earth, living, breathing and having our being, is the constant background of being loved, cherished, celebrated.
PRAYER: I need to know I am loved, and you have made me sufficient. Your love is in me.
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