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God is love, and the one who remains in love remains in God. —1 John 4:16
A friend in the long battle with breast cancer once wrote to tell me how she came through the experience with a deeper comprehension of God’s love, seen through her husband’s response to her double mastectomy.
“As we wept and trembled when he took off my bandages, I was ugly, scarred, and bald. I grieved that I could never be a whole wife again. But he held me tightly and with tears in his eyes said, ‘Honey, I love you—because that is who I am.’”
“I instantly recognized Christ in my husband,” she continued. “As His Bride, we too are eaten up with cancer—sin—scarred, mutilated, and ugly. But He loves us because that is who He is. No comeliness in us draws Christ’s attention; only His essence draws Him to us.”
Yes, God does love us. Whether or not we feel loved, regardless of what we’ve done or where we’ve come from, He loves us with an infinite, incomprehensible love—not because we’re lovely or lovable but because He is love.
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The Quiet Place: Daily Devotional Readings
©2012 Nancy Leigh DeMoss
Scripture taken from The CSB
Make it Personal
When have you most deeply experienced God’s love, even when you felt unlovely or unworthy?