Category: God’s Love

3 October 2026

Yesterday, I spent time looking at Romans 5:8 and Philippians 3:8, completely blown away by the fact that Jesus died for me while I was still a sinner. Broken and all.  I realized that everything else in this world—especially my grades and the need to look perfect—is completely temporary compared to knowing Him.

But if I’m being completely honest with myself today, it is one thing to know that truth, and it’s another thing to actually live like it’s true.

It is so easy to slide right back into my old ways of thinking. The second a stressful assignment pops up, or the moment I remember a mistake I made in my past, that heavy weight of anxiety creeps right back in. I start trying to earn my way into God’s good graces again. I start acting like my worth is tied to my performance. 

However, we do not need to earn our way into God’s grace again. He showed that through Jesus’ death on the cross. 

It is finished. John 19:30

Nothing can change the fact that God loves us so, so, so much. We do not need to come to God perfectly, 

We can go to him however broken, fallen and sinful we are. 

God delights when we turn to him. 

He longs for us to pray and talk to Him.

This reminds me of the parable of the Prodigal Son. 

“The son said to him, ‘Father, I have sinned against heaven and against you. I am no longer worthy to be called your son’” Luke 15:21

Then later… 

“ ‘ My son’” the father said, ‘you are always with me and everything I have is yours’” Luke 15:31

In this passage, the son feels like he is not worthy of being the father’s child because of his past actions. However, his father forgives him and reminds him that he will always be his son. 

In our relationship with God, we fall short every day but God invites us to turn back to him. 

We are still children of God. He will never stop loving us.

Today, I want to take a step back and really think about who Jesus is. Throughout the Bible, He is referred to as the Good Shepherd, the Son of Man, the Son of God, descended from David, our Lord, and our friend. 

Additionally, Jesus is the ultimate example of humility. He emptied himself, humbled himself, was obedient to death, even death on a cross. I made this point in part 1 but I want to hammer it home. 

What greater love than this is there? 

The passage I want to discuss today is Romans 5. I want to really look at Romans 5:7-8. 

“Indeed, rarely will anyone die for a righteous person–though perhaps for a good person someone might actually dare to die. But God proves his love for us in that while we still were sinners Christ died for us” 

Romans 5:7-8

Because we are sinners, we deserve punishment. However, God sent his one and only Son, Jesus Christ, so that whoever believes in him shall not perish but have eternal life. (John 3:16) Jesus Christ died for us. This shows God’s immense love for us. 

I have fallen short and strayed from God’s path so much and so far. I have deep remorse for the actions I have done in the past and truly want to be a better daughter, friend, and child of God. 

Acknowledging God’s immense love for me gives me a deep sense of peace and hope. 

It makes me want to be filled with the Holy Spirit and share God’s love to those around me. 

There are countless ways to show God’s love. Holding the door for someone, listening to someone, picking something up that someone dropped are just a few examples of how we can show God’s love to those around us. 

Another passage that is really speaking to me today is Philippians 3:8. 

“More than that, I regard everything as loss because of the surpassing value of knowing Christ Jesus my Lord” Philippians 3:8

Man, this is so good. Everything in this life will eventually fade away. Nothing is eternal except Jesus. 

This also gives me so much hope. It reminds me to not place so much value on my grades and other things of this world. It reminds me to place all my hope and trust in Jesus, the one who died for my sins.