The Lover of my heart!

Ann Jean "A.J." Mitchell slipped into eternity on March 28, 2002. Of all the earthly belongings left behind by this wife, mother and grandmother the most treasured were letters sent to her more than sixty years ago. The letters would serve as a reminder of a love that could only be separated by distance. They echoed whispers of love from an era gone by. A heartbeat that only grew stronger as time marched on. They were sent from her husband Sylvester Chris Mitchell (“Mitch”) who captured and won her heart more than 60 years earlier. Their love would never let go. For the first time in fifty three years AJ had to surrender him not to a war, but to a heart attack. Death would become the final separator. The letters told that story.
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Just as Mitch’s letters reminded A.J. of his love for her, God has sent his “love letters” (His Word) to remind us that He is coming back again, that He loves and longs for us. He has sent His “Friend”, the Holy Spirit, to watch over us and remind us about our Lover until we are reunited with Him.

God, the creator, lover and pursuer of my soul longs for an intimate relationship with you and me. God KNOWS the most private and intimate parts of our hearts, our emotions, and He pursues us in spite of the fact we often turn our backs on Him and deny Him the love He longs to have from us.
What can we give God, the creator of all? Our heart, of which He created for love; first and foremost His love and then for the love of His children.

Isaiah 30 describes a romance gone sour. The pursued have rejected the pursuer and YET…“the Lord longs to be gracious to you; he rises to show you compassion (30:18).” The Pursuer of my heart NEVER gives up!!

No wonder Paul could say in Romans 8:38-39 “For I am convinced that neither death nor life, neither angels nor demons, neither the present nor the future, nor any powers, neither height nor depth, nor anything else in all creation, will be able to separate us from the love of God that is in Christ Jesus our Lord.”
How was he convinced? Because Paul knew the love of God, he knew Jesus Christ intimately. Since Paul knew God would never lie or never change His mind (Numbers 23:19), he then knew what He said could be trusted as Truth. This allowed him to proclaim with all assurance, “NOTHING will be able to keep the Pursuer of our hearts away from us…NOTHING.”

Thank you God my circumstances will never dictate how you love me or even IF you love me. You will never stop pursuing me. You, my God, are the ULTIMATE lover of my heart!