"No, despite all these things, overwhelming victory is ours through Christ, who loved us. And I am CONVINCED that nothing can ever separate us from God’s love. Neither death nor life, neither angels nor demons, neither our fears for today nor our worries about tomorrow—not even the powers of hell can separate us from God’s love. No power in the sky above or in the earth below—indeed, nothing in all creation will ever be able to separate us from the love of God that is revealed in Christ Jesus our Lord." -Romans 8:37-39

When I read this scripture again the word convinced stood out to me. I stopped and I asked myself, “are you convinced that God really loves you in this way?” To be convinced is to be completely certain about something or firm in one’s belief about a particular thing. To be convinced means that nothing can shake what you believe, nothing can uproot or steal what is stored in your heart, nothing you face, encounter, hear or see can change what you believe. And today I want to ask you, are you convinced? Are you convinced that literally NOTHING can separate you from the fierce love of God for YOU! Your big motherhood fail today cannot separate you from his love, a failed marriage won’t take you away from his loving arms, a negative doctors report won’t push away his love, reaching for negative vices again won’t pull you away from his love, running away from him in your darkest hour won’t prevent him from still loving you. I could go on and on with examples today, but I truly believe that God wants you to leave today being fully convinced that HE LOVES YOU! He loves you in the highs of life and the low blows. He loves you when you’re smiling and when you’re crying. He loves you when you’re obedient and when you fall for your humanity and sin. He loves you year around, 24/7 and nothing, not even yourself, can separate you from this truth. And the truth is many of us here might say, “yeah, I know God loves me, I’m a Christian, that’s what the bible says, that’s what I’ve been told, so yeah!” But are you deep down convinced to your core to where you live your life walking in this truth? Many of us play all the reasons in our head subconsciously of why we are unlovable or deserving of love sometimes. And we don’t even realize this, but if we tap into our souls just a little sometimes, we’re surprised to see that we are functioning out of a conditional love mindset, walking in fear of abandonment and rejection. BUT God’s love is unconditional, fierce, passionate and jealous for us! When he looks at us, he has eyes of fire blazing with unbridled love, to the point that he was willing to give his own life for us. He loves us! So, let’s break this truth down a little deeper today.

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