His feelings for you are vehement, intense and compelled by His giant, amazing, pure and holy love for you. There is no other love like it in the entire universe and it is all yours for the taking. He demonstrated it most clearly through His Son Jesus Christ who suffered and died for you and me so that through His resurrected life and Spirit we can have fellowship with the Father in this life and for all eternity. Yesterday my husband and I were sitting at the beach watching a couple of surfers ride wave after wave. I certainly understand why an energetic young man might want to pursue this adventurous sport in the heat of summer, but in 60 degree weather and freezing cold water until well past 8:00 p.m.? What compels a person to do that? The only conclusion I could draw is that it springs from a sincere and zealous passion for the sport. Then I had to ask myself if I had ever been THAT passionate about anything (?) …to be SO in love with something that I would spend all my energy and waking hours pursuing it, improving it and mastering it. Wouldn’t it be life-changing to be that passionate about our walk with the Lord Jesus Christ? I recently saw a poster that said, “I can’t brag about my love for God because I fail him daily. But I can brag about His love for me because HE NEVER FAILS.” Ever feel like you ‘wiped out’ again? It can happen in an instant… a bad attitude, a hasty response, an unkind word. But the father of the prodigal son is such a beautiful picture of God’s all-pursuing, passionate love for us even when we fail.  Luke 15:20 says, “But while he was still a long way off (the son who had spent all his inheritance on wild living), his father saw him and was filled with compassion for him; he ran to his son, threw his arms around him and kissed him.” Yes, God is THAT passionate about YOU, dear sister-in-Christ! You can never wipe out so much that He will stop loving you. You can ride the wave of His passionate, sincere, zealous love for you every day of your life, in any weather! He is running to you, kissing you! Feel the grace, the warmth…and pass it on! 🙂