God’s Love is like a lighthouse - it is a comfort to those tossed to and fro, and shines brighter than all surrounding darkness (Psalm 26:8).
God’s Love is like a fire - it is atoning, refining, and enduring (Hebrews 12:29, Psalms 136:26).
God’s Love is like a friend who gives you their sandwich when you forgot yours - it is sacrificial and generous, a simple truth at its core (John 15:13).
God’s Love is like a fresh rain on dry ground- it brings life to dry and forgotten places (Ephesians 2:4-5).
God’s Love is like fallen snow - it covers the earth, like it covers our offenses (Proverbs 1012).
God’s Love is like a mountain - it is mighty, it bears all things, it lasts (Song of Solomon 8:7, Ephesians 4:2, Psalm 71:3).
God’s Love is like a warrior - it saves, it takes great delight in those whom He saves, it rebukes no more (Zephaniah 3:17).
God’s Love is like true sacrifice - it gives what we cannot give to ourselves (John 3:16 , 1 John 4:9-11).
God’s Love is like a song sung sweetly over you - it rejoices, it offers something you cannot offer yourself, and is free (Zephaniah 3:17).
In the words of the hymnist William Cowper in his beloved hymn, There Is A Fountain,
Ever since by faith I saw the stream
Thy flowing wounds supply
Redeeming love has been my theme
And shall be till I die.
Oh yes, may His love be the theme from which we live our lives!
Meet the Author!
Haley Hanzel is an orchestra director, violinist, and community member at CRBC. She has taught violin for 16 years, and has been in the public school classroom for five. She and her husband, Aaron, met in one of CRBC's home groups, and have been married almost a year. Some of Haley's loves are her giant puppy dog Jack, all things coffee, and seeing the world.