What's In A Song?

**Photography by Melissa Talbot**

Have you ever been driving to a destination and your favorite song comes on? You turn it up and even though you have heard the tune many times, this particular time on this particular day is...extraordinary.

Yes, the words are the same as the last time it was played but they, inexplicably, pierce your indifferent heart. That's exactly what happened to me last week as I drove to work one morning.

The said ditty spoke about the reckless love of God. How God pursues and fights for those He loves - you and I. I was struck with the truth, in a split second, that God fought for me. I began to weep.

If it were not for God placing a certain person in my life to tell me about Jesus, to break down the walls built around my cold, dark heart - I would be dead. If it were not for God thwarting every single suicide attempt I had planned so long ago - this blog would not exist to encourage you that there is more.

Sweet girl, if you find your road is long and overwhelming, you need to know someone is in pursuit of you and He will not stop until He drowns you in His love.

God has a reckless love for you that means He will enter into whatever hell you find yourself in and He will not stop until you see Him and welcome Him.

He will break down every lie. He will tear apart every abusive word spoken to and about you. He will go to the ends of this earth to have you as His own. That is the awesome God that I know and love.

He pursued me and won me when I no longer saw myself as worthwhile to be pursued. Let me tell you this truth - you are priceless. A Man named Jesus died on the Cross because you are valuable. He loved you more than His own life so that you could be free.

That is the purest love you will never find in an earthly man, chat room, or Netflix binge watch. "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. For God did not send his Son into the world to condemn the world, but to save the world through him." - John 3: 16-17

Encouragement for the week:

If you are a Christian reading this, continue to live in the truth that God pursued you with a reckless love. Be in awe and thank Him for rescuing you.

If you are not a Christian reading this, you can look for Jesus and you will find Him. He died for you and will pursue you no matter what. Love is after you. Real and pure love that you have never known. It's worth opening your heart to it.