The Benefit of Love

Praise the Lord, my soul,

   and forget not all his benefits—

who forgives all your sins 

   and heals all your diseases,

who redeems your life from the pit 

   and crowns you with love and compassion,

Psalms 103:2-4 NIV

The benefit of love, God's love for us, is that he crowns us with his love. That crown of love has three jewels, if you would, in it. 

The first jewel is that God is abounding in love for you (verse 8). If you are abounding in love means you have great quantities of love. God has great quantities of love for you. First and foremost he sent his One and Only Son to die for your sins. He has promised to never leave you or forsake you. Also, think of how many times in your life God's love has abounded toward you...

The second jewel is that his love is great for those who fear him (verse 11). The greatness of love that God displayed in Christ is almost incomprehensible. Yet, while we were still sinners Christ died for us. Not only that but he ever lives to intercede for us at the right hand of the Father. Great is his love, to choose you to be his child... 

The third jewel is that God's love is with you from everlasting to everlasting (verse 17). Before the creation of the world, before you or I were even a twinkle in our mama's eyes, God loved us. He knew he choose  to redeem us in Jesus Christ, knowing the sins we would commit. His love will not cease. The love of God for you and me is from everlasting to everlasting. From eternity, God chose to love us, not for a moment, but from  everlasting to everlasting...

Thank you, Father, for crowning us with love. Open our eyes to see your abounding, great and everlasting love in our lives. Praise be to you in us today!