God loves you—we’ve heard it so much we barely even notice it, and yet…in the part of us that still needs to improve ourselves, have we heard it? In the part of us that stings with shameful memories or…just knows we don’t measure up, have we heard it? In the part of us that trembles with fear or shrinks with anxiety or hides our neediness behind a smiling face, have we heard it? Does it matter?

…This claim that God…says to us, “I won’t give you up; I won’t leave you; I won’t stop loving you—ever”? This claim that we have nothing to lose…because God won’t let go? Does it matter?

Only you can answer that for yourself…

from Breathing New Life into Lent, vol. 3