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As I was stroking Tammy while she was eating, it just struck me how completely in love I am with her. This 2-months-old destructo German Shepherd pup has me tightly wrapped around her muddy little paw! Because of Tam, I have become the slowest text message and facebook wall post replier on earth!

It was so nice watching her munch happily on her puppy food whilst I stroked her, and I stopped to think about that verse in the Bible in 1 John 4:"God is love".

He is the very essence of love.

I mean.. look, I'm just a girl who is just drenched with imperfections; I make wrong choices, think wrong thoughts on a daily basis - and here I am, so in love with my pup.

Then, I thought about something radical: Wait a minute, what if God loved me as much as Mel and I love Tammy!

What if He watches me as I eat & tries to tell me how much He loves me even during meal times?
What if He sits with me and calms me down till I'm sound asleep?
What if He constantly picks up my poop, scrub the floor of my house so I have a clean home to stay in? (And He's done it sooo many times, He's ready to become a professional poop picker!)
What if He is always up for playing my favourite game every time no matter how tired He is?
.. And He is constantly taking nonsense/rubbish out of my mouth that I never knew was rubbish?
What if He pours over books on how to care for 'Abby' each day so that He can better train me, care for me and grow me up to be all I can be?

(Yeah, that's some things Mel and I have been doing with Tam)

I'm no theological writer, but it just occurred to me that the intensity of God's love towards you & me surpasses all the above. The very fact I'm making this comparison is shameful because who am I but a sinner? And to compare myself to God? Shame on me!

No, I don't come close. Far from it. This comparison just helps me to see how much He loves me (=

How can I not be aware of His love for me?
What would God NOT DO for me? He is love!
My Papa is LOVE ITSELF.

I would live life A LOT MORE DIFFERENTLY if I was always aware of HOW MUCH HE LOVES ME.

God LOVES us, everyone needs to know that, if you truly knew and believed,

Life would be radically different!

Which brings me to quote this verse from Romans 8:37-39

"..in all these things we are more than conquerors through him who loved us. For I am convinced that neither death nor life, neither angels nor demons,neither the present nor the future, nor any powers, neither height nor depth, nor anything else in all creation, will be able to separate us from the love of God that is in Christ Jesus our Lord".

And this poem I remember from years ago :)

If God had a refrigerator, your picture would be on it
If He had a wallet, your photo would be in it
He sends you flowers every spring and a sunrise every morning
Whenever you want to talk, He'll listen
He can live anywhere in the universe, and He chose your heart
What about the Christmas gift He sent you in Bethlehem; not to mention that Friday at Calvary.
Face it, He's crazy about you!


So my challenge to you and myself included is to go through this day continually remembering how much God loves you and see how different it turns out to be :D *beams*

Have a BEAUTIFUL day! (Time to see what Tammy's been up to)

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