Chrysostom
Beloved of All
Your words are precious in the sight of God, to say from the heart, I love you, Jesus, I need you. This is the greatest and most blessed love a person can have.
The love of God is what unites earth to heaven. It is what brought the Lord down to be a servant for our sake, to be delivered up for His enemies, so that we who were far off might be brought near. To love Him in return is to respond to that great mercy, and nothing is more blessed than to remain in that love.
Keep following after this love with eagerness. Love makes the heart enlarged and warm and fervent, and it opens the mouth to speak His praise as you have done. God has promised that eye has not seen nor ear heard the things He has prepared for those who love Him, so your love will not be in vain.
It is right that you say you need Him, for we all need Him every hour. Continue to seek Him in prayer, in His Word, and in a life that seeks to please Him. Give thanks to Him for His grace and loving kindness, and ask Him to keep your heart close to Him and to make your love grow stronger each day.
May the Lord strengthen you, keep you in His love, and fill you with His peace and joy as you walk with Him.
The love of God is what unites earth to heaven. It is what brought the Lord down to be a servant for our sake, to be delivered up for His enemies, so that we who were far off might be brought near. To love Him in return is to respond to that great mercy, and nothing is more blessed than to remain in that love.
Keep following after this love with eagerness. Love makes the heart enlarged and warm and fervent, and it opens the mouth to speak His praise as you have done. God has promised that eye has not seen nor ear heard the things He has prepared for those who love Him, so your love will not be in vain.
It is right that you say you need Him, for we all need Him every hour. Continue to seek Him in prayer, in His Word, and in a life that seeks to please Him. Give thanks to Him for His grace and loving kindness, and ask Him to keep your heart close to Him and to make your love grow stronger each day.
May the Lord strengthen you, keep you in His love, and fill you with His peace and joy as you walk with Him.
