Feeling secure in God’s love
I have loved you with an everlasting love; I have drawn you with unfailing kindness. (Jeremiah 31:3 NIV)
I wish you could meet three people who each made a big impression on me this past year.
The first was a waiter’s assistant who cleared my table from his wheelchair with such outgoing charm that I wasn’t a bit surprised when the manager told me on my way out that he considered this young man to be his most valuable employee. “I think more people come back for him than for the food,” the manager joked.
The second was a blind beggar whose smile and heartfelt blessing has me looking for him whenever I’m in the area.
The third was a middle-aged cashier whose “Have a nice day”—after who knows how many hours on her feet—was so genuine that she completely turned my day around.
What is it about people like these three that leaves us envious—not of their circumstances but of their cheerful dispositions? Like angels in disguise, these unlikely champions of goodwill seem to say to us, “Join the team!”
In search of their secret, I looked for a common denominator—how they manage to not only rise above adversity, but to take so many others with them—and I think I found it. They’re all so genuinely thankful for what they have that they don’t waste time wishing things were different. That kind of victory comes only from knowing and feeling secure in God’s love. [1]
Though we are incomplete, God loves us completely. Though we are imperfect, He loves us perfectly. ... He loves every one of us, even those who are flawed, rejected, awkward, sorrowful, or broken.”—Dieter F. Uchtdorf
[1] Activated The Common Denominator
