Oh How I Love Thee! (#11)

This series was kicked off with the first line of “How do I Love Thee?” written by Elizabeth Barrett Browning. Yesterday I shared the poem in its entirety and there are many focuses we might draw simply by focusing on segments of that poem. We noted in yesterday’s focus the idea of the depth, breadth and height of love, but did you notice how she ended her poem with the statement:

“and, if God choose, I shall but love thee better after death.”

Does that seem like a strange thought? Yet as we have considered God’s great love for us and all the ways in which He has displayed it, His love has been focused on ultimately bringing us to Him!

The Psalmist wrote:
“PRECIOUS in the sight of the LORD is THE DEATH OF HIS SAINTS.” ( Psalm 116:15 ESV)

Death is not the end. God has provided the means of victory over death. For us to die is to be eternally in His presence. When the end of our walk here comes, so does the end of our struggles. When our journey here is complete our loving Father gets to bring us home!

The death of the wicked is not a blessed picture, but the death of those who belong to God is PRECIOUS in His sight because of the PRECIOUS eternity which He has in store for His own. Oh, how He loves us! Oh, what He has prepared for us! Oh, how He wants us to dwell with Him for eternity!

Have a great day PRECIOUS in the sight of God!
Carl

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[This focus was originally sent 07/23/1999 (Edited some with passage changed to ESV)]

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