{"id":915,"date":"2023-02-18T16:39:16","date_gmt":"2023-02-18T16:39:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/krista.longeway.ca\/?p=915"},"modified":"2023-02-18T16:39:54","modified_gmt":"2023-02-18T16:39:54","slug":"gods-love","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/krista.longeway.ca\/?p=915","title":{"rendered":"God&#8217;s Love"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/krista.longeway.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/Gods-Love-1-1024x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-917\" srcset=\"https:\/\/krista.longeway.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/Gods-Love-1-1024x1024.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/krista.longeway.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/Gods-Love-1-980x980.jpg 980w, https:\/\/krista.longeway.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/Gods-Love-1-480x480.jpg 480w\" sizes=\"(min-width: 0px) and (max-width: 480px) 480px, (min-width: 481px) and (max-width: 980px) 980px, (min-width: 981px) 1024px, 100vw\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-vivid-cyan-blue-color has-text-color\">&#8220;<strong>For I am convinced that neither death, nor life, nor angels, nor rulers, nor things present, nor things to come, nor powers, nor height, nor depth, nor anything else in all creation, will be able to separate us from the love of God in Christ Jesus our Lord.<\/strong>&#8220;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-vivid-cyan-blue-color has-text-color\"><strong>Romans 8: 38-39<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-black-color has-text-color\">It is easy to fall into the trap of thinking that we must strive to be \u201cgood enough\u201d to earn our way to heaven.\u00a0 After all, so many things in our life here on earth work this way.\u00a0 In school we are taught that we must work hard to earn good grades. \u00a0In our careers we must work hard in order to get the job we want and be recognised for our skills.\u00a0 So many things in life are earned through hard work and perseverance.\u00a0 Yet the beautiful thing about grace is that we don\u2019t have to strive towards being \u201cgood enough\u201d.\u00a0 Whether we pass the next test or get the right job is irrelevant to God.\u00a0 God loves us just the same.\u00a0 It can be hard to fully wrap our minds around this.\u00a0 Despite the fact that we are imperfect in so many ways, in fact because of this, Jesus showed us how great his love is for us when he sacrificed himself for our sins.\u00a0 It is a fact that never ceases to amaze me.\u00a0 We are loved.\u00a0 Nothing can change this\u2026<\/p>\n\n\n\n<pre class=\"wp-block-verse has-text-align-center has-black-color has-pale-ocean-gradient-background has-text-color has-background\"><strong>God\u2019s Love<\/strong>\r\n-By Krista Longeway\r\n\r\nNothing can separate us from God\u2019s love\r\nNo powers below nor those from above\r\nNothing in all of the earth\u2019s creation\r\nNo king nor ruler of any nation\r\nNothing that is found in death or in life\r\nNeither through great joy nor through pain and strife\r\nNothing in either our past or present\r\nFor this is a love that is heaven sent\r\nIn this sacrificial love of Jesus\r\nIs the power that redeems and saves us\r\n\r\n\r\n<\/pre>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;For I am convinced that neither death, nor life, nor angels, nor rulers, nor things present, nor things to come, nor powers, nor height, nor depth, nor anything else in all creation, will be able to separate us from the love of God in Christ Jesus our Lord.&#8220; Romans 8: 38-39 It is easy to [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"off","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[9,10,1,6],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-915","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-faith","category-hope","category-uncategorized","category-quiet-reflection"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.4 - 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