06/23/2026
The Love of God That Stays
I’ve lived long enough to see love come in a lot of forms.
There’s the love of a good friend who shows up with tools when your mower won’t start.
There’s the love of family that remembers your birthday even when you forget theirs.
There’s the love of a quiet morning with coffee, when the world hasn’t started demanding anything yet.
All of it’s good. All of it matters.
But the love of God is something else entirely.
It’s not based on what you did right this week.
It doesn’t get smaller when you have a bad day, a bad year, or a bad season of life.
It doesn’t check your resume before it decides you’re worthy.
The love of God is the kind that finds you before you even think to look for Him.
It’s in the sunrise that paints the Palouse hills gold when you’re up early and feeling alone.
It’s in the way your chest gets quiet right after you pray, even when nothing around you changed.
It’s in the second chances you didn’t deserve but got anyway.
We spend so much of life trying to earn things. Earn respect. Earn rest. Earn forgiveness.
But His love isn’t earned. It’s given. Freely. Completely.
Romans 8 says nothing can separate us from it — not trouble, not failure, not the stuff we’re ashamed of, not even time itself. Height, depth, past, future… nothing.
Think about that. The one thing that won’t walk out on you is the one thing you can’t do anything to deserve
I don’t have all the answers. I still have questions. I still have days I don’t feel strong.
But I know this: His love is patient. It waits. It stays.
So if you’re reading this and you’re tired… if you feel far from Him… if you think you’ve messed up too bad for love like that…
He’s not keeping score. He’s keeping you.
The love of God doesn’t shout to get your attention.
It just stays, steady and true, until you’re ready to notice it again.
And when you do, you’ll realize it never left.
“We love because He first loved us.” — 1 John4:19