FaithWalkDailyFebruary 16, 2009
Psalms 6:4 Turn, O LORD, and deliver me; save me because of your unfailing love.
Have you ever been disappointed in love?
In my youth, I knew heartbreak and disappointment more times than I could count on both hands. And just to set the record straight, I broke a few hearts myself.
Human emotions are extremely powerful and can even heighten our perceptions. A young man I met while on a business trip bound me with his love and wouldn't take no for an answer. Through letters and phone calls, he convinced me that he was "the one." On the day he was to pick me up to take me to meet his parents in another state, I awoke with a gnawing in my gut. I went to work and couldn't concentrate because this horrible feeling wouldn't let up. Somehow I just knew something was terribly wrong. When I finally got home at the end of the day, I found a note on my door. He had changed his mind and decided he didn't love me after all. I later learned he was a sociopath who had played this wicked game with countless young women, leading them up a mountain of hope and then dropping them off a cliff of despair.
Fortunately for us, while man's love often fails, God's love never does. He will never take us up the mountain to hurt us. He may well take us up the mountain to condition us, but He always protects us along the way. When we find ourselves in the arms of trouble, He delivers us.
Turn, O LORD, and deliver me; save me because of your unfailing love. He doesn't save us because we deserve to be saved, He saves us because of His unfailing love.
Father, we praise You with all that we are just because You are God. You are merciful and loving no matter what we do. Thank You Lord! May we be ever mindful of Your unfailing love and seek to please You, according to Your wil. In Jesus' name we pray, amen.
