Even now...

So I picked up my Bible this morning and was overcome by how much I take it for granted. I take it for granted that I even have a Bible. But I also take it for granted that God gave humanity His Word in general. We see God everyday through creation, but He chose to give us this precious book full of His words... HIS words. And everytime I pick it up, God shows me something insane about His character. I am overwhelmed by His love... love has seemed to be the theme of the last several months of my life. Love God. Love people. Love like Jesus. But I still don't get it at all. I was reading Psalm 78 this morning and it is an incredible picture of the love of our God. Throughout history, God has constantly pursued His people... and they have constantly turned away, failed Him, and ran from surrendering their lives to Him. And we are still doing that today. But God has this crazy kind of love for us that we will never understand.
And it's beautiful.

"They remembered that God was their Rock,
that God Most High was their Redeemer.
But then they would flatter him with their mouths,
lying to him with their tongues;
their hearts were not loyal to him,
they were not faithful to his covenant.
Yet he was merciful;
he forgave their iniquities
and did not destroy them.
Time after time he restrained his anger
and did not stir up his full wrath.
He remembered that they were but flesh,
a passing breeze that does not return."

"And so we know and rely on the love God has for us. God is love. Whoever lives in love lives in God, and God in him."
1 John 4:16

God loves us more than we could ever imagine even when we aren't pursuing Him, even when we don't know how to love others like Him, even when we try to control our own lives, even when we don't listen to His call, even when we succumb to greed, even when we are lost in our selfish desires, even when our decisions disappoint Him, even when we walk past His children without giving them a second thought. Even now, God loves us.

Even now.