Security and Significance

Good Morning!! To feel loved and valued,...nearly every wish or want, that we have can be summed up by these two things. Security and significance are the two most essential elements of good emotional health. If we feel we are safe from harm, as well as safe from rejection and loneliness, we are blessed with the first of two essentials. Additionally, if we know that we are viewed with affection and appreciation by at least some of the people who matter to us, that gives us a sense of value,...and the second piece of the puzzle. But know this; even the best of human love is insufficient to give us the security and significance, we truly need.

The Lord appeared to us in the past, saying: "I have loved you with an everlasting love; I have drawn you with unfailing kindness.—Jeremiah 31:3 (NIV)

Why? One reason is that man's life is fleeting. People grow old and die, and love can eventually come to an end. Another reason is that in personal relationships, we know that people are often sinful, fickle, unfaithful, with motives of their own. We need the eternal love of God, who is love. He views each of us as priceless. And the gospel reveals that we have such love in the Person of God's Son,...Jesus Christ. His love will never let us go.

Our greatest security is found in the eternal love, of the eternal God. 

Sweet Spirit of God, direct our love, hope, and faith, in the One and Only God, our Father. Amen.

" Think on the things that are of God,...and always give thanks."