“I Love You” – Pastor Liz

God wants you to know ONE thing…
I Just Want You To Know That “I Love You”

“No matter what you do, I love you.
No matter where you go, I love you.
You can deny me, walk away from me, spit on me, hang me on a cross.
But I Love You!”

These words hit my heart and I am broken to pieces.
How? How can He love me like that?
I hardly think about Him, I constantly sin against Him, I hurt His heart every day following other loves, but there’s a voice in the back of my head saying He loves me.

Maybe you’re in that place today.
You’re caught up in your life, caught up in the party life, caught up in your story and are pursuing everything but God.
Your life’s dreams, passions, and longings are toward football, automobiles, friends, music, boyfriend/girlfriend, something crazy, knowledge, anything but the one who created you.

But He’s calling out to you right now saying,
“I LOVE YOU! I don’t care where you’ve been. I don’t care how bad you are. I would do anything to spend 5 minutes with you. I’ve been thinking about you all night. I’ve been thinking about you all day and I was hoping that sometime in your busy day you might notice me, the one who is holding your life together. I care for you. I know life is rough and that stuff doesn’t always go your way, but that is just because I want you to see me. I will bring you joy, I will bring you life. I will give you to story you’ve been dreaming of because I LOVE YOU!”

“I saw you the other day. I saw my beloved, my child, with another lover. I saw you pour your heart out to that thing, the thing I created and watch you give up your life. I watched as you gave yourself over to the less wild lovers. I saw you give yourself to those prostitutes of life. I watched them steal your heart, steal your joy, steal your innocence, and my heart burned. It hurt me more than you will ever know to see you chase after something that doesn’t give you the love you deserve. My heart burned to see you waste your life. Tears swelled up in my eyes as I saw you fall away from me because you lost focus. Don’t you remember? Don’t you recall all the things I’ve done for you? I came to the earth for you. I was mocked and humiliated for you. I was persecuted for you. I was whipped for you. I was spit upon for you and I was hung on a cross for you, because I Love You! How could you turn away? I’m right here and I’m waiting for you to return to me. My arms are open and I will give you the love you have sooo longed for. I LOVE YOU and I would do anything for you and in fact I have. It’s now up to you.”