have you said the words today?

So, how’s your day going? Good, bad or in between? Busy or kind of laid back?

However it’s going, I have a question for you: Have you thought about your heavenly Father today?

In case you’ve forgotten, He loves you. Very much.

"For God so loved the world that he gave his one and only Son, that whoever believes in him shall not perish but have eternal life.”1

God sent His Son, Jesus, to planet earth to die on a cross for your sins. He loves you.

But that’s not all: He’s also faithfully watching over you, protecting you and providing for you. As in right now.

"Never will I leave you; never will I forsake you."2  

The point of today’s blog entry is short and sweet, and oh how sweet it is: God loves you. Want to hear it again? God loves you.

What’s that? You want to hear it again? Okay. Last time. God loves you!

But we’re not finished.

When people love each other, it’s appropriate for them to express their feelings to one another. God’s done His part, but have you? Translated, have you told the Lord that you love Him today?

We’re not talking about Sunday at church or last week when you were in a real pinch, but today, for no reason except, well, you love Him and want to let Him know.

Need some help? Okay, how about taking the phrase below that comes from one of the Psalms and making it your own?

Go ahead, try it.

“I love you, oh Lord, my strength.”3

Hey, I’m wise to what you just did. You read it and that’s fine, and maybe you even made it your own, which was the point. But can I make a suggestion? How about saying it out loud?  The Lord hears whether it’s a silent prayer or an audible prayer, but I find that saying things out loud makes them more real and meaningful for the one who’s praying.

So what do you say, want to give it another try? Okay, here we go again, with meaning and out loud:

“I love you, oh Lord, my strength.”

Did you do it? If so, know this: Your heavenly Father is grinning from ear-to-ear. Just because His child—you—loves Him back.

God loves you. You love God.

How cool is that?

1  John 3:16

2  Hebrew 13:5

3  Psalm 18:1