Here is some encouragement for when you feel like God has run out of patience, love, and forgiveness for you. Rest and know that there is always more.

As I sit back and relax, resting from a long day, I find myself thinking of the complete goodness of God. It feels, however, as if my mind can’t begin to grasp a hold of the depths of His goodness. I go back to even just the Creation story thinking of how He intricately designed the Earth and all of the living species in it, but even that doesn’t detail the origin of His goodness. He was good before He created the heavens and the earth and He will always be good.
What led me to think of the Lord’s goodness was remembering how He always provided for me when I needed comfort, help, love, or a friend. I recently have been having a tough time with remaining optimistic through life, and once again He swooped in and wrapped me in His loving peace that I often find myself asking for more of.
The Lord in all of His goodness sees us where we are and always provides for us according to our needs and wants. The best thing about Him is that we don't have to feel the burden of asking too much from Him like we often feel with people. He always gives to us freely over and over again and even knows what we have need of before we ask Him.
"If any of you lacks wisdom [to guide him through a decision or circumstance], he is to ask of [our benevolent] God, who gives to everyone generously and without rebuke or blame, it will be given to him." James 1:5 AMP
In all of the good times where I felt complete and in the bad where I felt lacking, I can say for sure that they have one thing in common- the Lord was always there for them both. His goodness in all things speaks volumes. His ability to never change in spite of what's going on makes Him a constant that we all need in our lives. In Luke 6:35 Jesus states that our Father is kind to the unthankful and to the evil, so we are to walk in mercy with others as our Father also is merciful.

I've been both.
I’ve been unthankful and I’ve been merciful and I can witness that God was still there for me through both. Not to excuse my unthankfulness, but to show His sovereignty and faithfulness in who He is. When I was unthankful, I lacked the knowledge and true understanding of love because people who know/have love are grateful and do not despise the generosity shown to them. When I was merciful, I often lacked confidence when people mocked me for being so merciful towards someone who “didn’t deserve it".
But even through the midst of my shortcomings, the Father stood strong as the God of always. He always had more love to pour out into my damaged areas. He always had more council to teach me about people and how to love them unconditionally. He always had more comfort, to console me in the midst of my tears. He always had more encouragement, when I struggled to learn a concept in school.
No matter what you need from Him, just know there is always more. There is always more peace. There is always more joy. There is always more love. There is always more acceptance. There is always more forgiveness. There is always more grace. There is always more mercy. There is always more provision. There is always more.
Even when I feel like I’ve ran out. Even when I feel like He has run out - there is always more. Ask for what you need, believing in your heart that He will give it to you and you shall have it! He never runs out. There is always more for you.
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