I know how to love because my Saviour loves me

I'm an English major and ever since I could remember I have been good at English classes. All of my English teachers for all of my English classes have taught me never ever to use generalized statements like "since the dawn of time" or "for all of eternity" because nothing that continues to happen today has happened from the dawn of time or from eternity.

Well, they're wrong.

Christ IS from the beginning of time and remains for all eternity.

This whole salvation thing has become so misused, taken for granted, and hackneyed. It's almost like the words "the" or "and" or "it" - essential for comprehension of a sentence and cohesiveness but so over used that they seem to have no meaning whatsoever. The amazing truth about what salvation truly is has become stagnant in the hearts of many Christians all around the world and has become noise and foolishness to the ears of all of those who do not believe in Christ.

The truth is that Salvation is all part of a huge, colossal, ginormous, cosmic, "from the beginning of time" and "since all eternity" kind of deal.

You see... Jesus Christ was not conjured up or created or begotten by God the Father to die the moment that eve bit into that forbidden fruit. No, Christ was ALREADY there and He was given, HE gave Himself, because He so loved.

Christ loved. Loved since before we sinned, and continues to love despite of all of our sins.

God sees our brokenness and our broken world and seeks to set it right so that death and brokenness can be overcome. Not only does God break Himself - His body - to mend our broken hearts, but to mend this broken world and make everything new again.

Holy Holy Holy.

Today, I was miserable. I am miserable. There is so much sorrow in my heart right now it feels like it is not only broken but shredded and grounded to bits.
But... I learned something today.

I learned that God is.
When I am miserable, God is. When I am happy, God is. When I am sorrowful, God is. When I laugh, God is. When I cry, God is. When I sleep, God is. When I hunger, God is. When I thirst, God is. When I praise him, God is. When I sin, God is. God is, God is, God is.

And Oh, how God is...
He is love, He is compassion, He is mine, He is my master, He is great, He is kind, He is passion, He is a solid rock, He is my healer, He is Glory, He is Grace, He is Peace, He is Emmanuel, He is always with me, He is FREEDOM, He is patience, He is extravagant, He is worthy, He is King, He is King OF KINGS, He is the provider, He payed my debt, He is the spotless lamb, He is the offering, He is the prize, He is eternity, He is forever, He is infinite, He is intimate, He is Savior, He is friend, He is a gift, He is a bride groom, He is Jealous, He is justice, He is mercy, He is wrath, He is the intercessor, He is the Name above Names, He is the Promise, He is omniscient, He is humble, He is a high Priest, He answers me, He is my rescuer, He ...
He was, and is, and is to come.