12 Things That Won’t Earn God’s Love.

1. High SAT scores.
2. Having really cool friends.
3. Doing your chores before anyone asks you to.
4. Obeying your parents.
5. Winning anything.
6. Working out.
7. Being the best.
8. Impressing your teachers.
9. Never missing a D-group.
10. Going on a missions trip.
11. Memorizing the Bible.
12. Eating local, organic, sustainably-produced food.

Your heavenly Father has loved you, is loving your, and will continue to love you. His love is past, present, and future. Jesus’ sacrifice for you occurred BEFORE YOU WERE BORN: before you made your first A+, before you learned how to read, before you made your first good or bad decision. “But God demonstrates his own love for us in this: while we were still sinners, Christ died for us.” – Romans 5:8

Take 3 minutes today, 120 seconds, and REST in the security of a God that unconditionally loves you.