A Love Beyond Measure…

“The Lord passed in front of Moses, calling out, “Yahweh! The Lord! The God of compassion and mercy! I am slow to anger and filled with unfailing love and faithfulness.”
‭‭Exodus‬ ‭34‬:‭6‬ ‭NLT‬‬

This morning, as I sit high above the ocean watching the waves crash upon the shore, I find myself reminiscing about my oldest daughter, Caity Grace. Tomorrow she turns 18, and that is hard to believe. My baby girl is growing up so fast.

I miss the days when she was little and relied on me for everything. Now she is pretty independent and can handle most things life throws her way. I feel like her mother and I have done a pretty good job preparing her for life in general.

However, there are still times when she calls me or walks up and asks a simple yet powerful question—a question that brings a smile to my face and sometimes fear to my soul.

That question is: “Dad, how much do you love me?”

Usually, that question comes with a sly grin because she wants or “needs” something. It brings a smile to my face because, in that moment, she still needs her daddy. It also brings a little fear to my soul because I start wondering how much it’s going to cost me! LOL.

But in all seriousness, I love it when she asks that question, no matter what she needs. The reason is simple: Caity knows that I love her beyond measure. That is something I tell her and her sister, Megan, quite often.

As I think about that phrase—I love you beyond measure—I am reminded this morning of God’s immeasurable love for us. Throughout Scripture, I have found one truth repeated over and over again: God’s love for us is both unfailing and faithful. In fact, this theme appears more than 150 times throughout the book of Psalms. God is faithful to love us, and His love never fails.

Ed Newton, pastor of Community Bible Church in San Antonio, wrote:

“God’s love is four-dimensional—wide enough to embrace every person, long enough to last through all eternity, high enough to lift you to Heaven, and deep enough to find you in your darkest moment. This is a love that cannot be exhausted or measured.”

Talk about a love that is unfailing and beyond measure! Talk about a love that is faithful!

That love embraces every person on this planet—including me and you. That’s right, you, the one reading this. His love is unconditional and never expires. I don’t know if you realize how long eternity is, but it has no end—and neither does God’s love for you.

Have you ever looked up into the sky on a clear night and seen the stars? Those stars are millions of miles away, yet God’s love reaches even farther than that. And what about the depth of His love in our darkest moments?

I don’t know about you, but I have walked through some deep and dark seasons in my life—times when I thought the pain would never end. Yet when I look back, I can clearly see that it was God’s faithful and unfailing love that carried me through.

This morning, I am thankful for a love that truly is beyond measure—the love that Abba Father has for me. It is unfailing, and it remains faithful even when I am not faithful to Him. Which reminds me of my favorite passage where Jesus asked Peter, “Do you love Me?” in John 21—but that’s a post for another day.

So today, are you thankful for a love that is beyond measure?

Father, thank You for Your unfailing and faithful love. Thank You for loving me even when I feel unlovable. Your love truly is beyond measure. Amen.