Does God Even Care About Me?

God does care about you and He loves you very much. 

That can be hard to believe in those times when we feel alone. Other times we may acknowledge God but feel like he is very difficult to connect with and far away.  

This becomes even more difficult when life is filled with pain and heartache. 

God seems either distant or unloving and we can’t understand why he does not step in and make things better. Of course, this view assumes he isn’t helping. We typically fail to think that it may be even worse without him or that something even bigger than our current challenges may be happening. The simple reality is we live in a broken world that has been fractured by sin. This is complicated by the fact that God honors our free will and he may feel more distant because we choose to work things out on our own instead of turning it all over to him.  

The thing we need to focus on is that God’s attitude towards us is one of complete love. He created us for relationship with him. He has died for our sins and offers complete forgiveness. His holy word is not meant to burden us with rules but rather to teach us what is good for us and how we can be at our best. God’s knows each of us at the most intimate level and has an eternal perspective. He works in ways we often don’t realize or understand. The question is whether we will trust in that and allow him to start with our current circumstances or whether we will decide to do it alone.  

His promise is that if we draw near to him he will come closer to us. He does not promise that only good will happen or life will be free of pain. There are times he will not jump into our situation the way we want but he is there. His promise is to be with us and help us through our troubles. 

His promise for eternity is much bigger and includes perfect love with no pain, tears or suffering. You can experience that and come to see that not only does God care, but that he loves you no matter what you have done.

• “The Lord your God is with you. He’s mighty to deliver. He takes great delight in you. He will quiet you with His love. He rejoices over you with singing.”   Zephaniah 3:17 
• “The Lord will watch over your coming and going both now and forevermore.”   Psalm 121:8  
• “God said ‘Never will I leave you; never will I forsake you'”    Hebrews 13:5   
• God continually calls us to come to Him with our burdens and find rest for our souls. (Matthew 11:28 & 29)  
•  He invites us to cast our worries on Him because He cares. (1 Peter 5:7)  
• He invites us to come to His throne and ask for mercy and grace to help us in our time of need. (Hebrews 4:16)
• He will be our Comforter in sorrow when our heart is faint. (Jeremiah 8:18)
• He offers strength when we are weak. (Philippians 4:13) 
• He heals the broken hearted and binds up their wounds.(Psalm 147:3)   

When our minds cannot comprehend the tragic events we find ourselves in … our hearts can reach to the God of all Comfort to find the strength we need to get through today and to know that there will be help and hope for tomorrow.  

“Praise be to the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of compassion and the God of all comfort, who comforts us in all our troubles, so that we can comfort those in any trouble with the comfort we ourselves have received from God.” (2 Corinthians 1:3 & 4)

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