nothing you can say...

"and i am convinced that nothing can ever separate us from his love. death can't and life can't the angels can't, and the demons can't. our fears for today, and our worries about tomorrow and even the powers of hell can't keep god's love away."

~romans 8:38~

this, like many verses that i've come across while going through the s.o.a.p. plan, is very familiar to me. i have read it many times and others have used it to encourage me throughout different stages of my life. however, when reading it this time i'm struck the power in it's message. after reading it a few times i find myself overwhelmed by the fact that i really can't comprehend the truth that is written in four rather short sentences. ultimately, i don't think i can fully grasp the first statement - "NOTHING can ever seperate us from his love." really? how is that possible?? the short answer? it's a GOD thing!

remember in the movie sister act when all the nuns sing my god? admit it...you know what i'm talking about. :) it's the "churched-up" version of my guy. okay, well if you don't want to admit your love for the movie, i'm sure you remember the words of the song:

"nothing you can do will tear me away from my god, nothing you can do cause i'm stuck like glue to my god, i'm sticking to my god like birds of a feather, like a stamp to a letter we'll always be together, my god."

while that has a cathcy little tune and a cute lyric (by the way that will be stuck in your head all day now), it really isn't something that we humans can say (or sing) truthfully - at least not consistenly. and the reason we can't? because we are just that - human. we put limits on our love for one another and if we're honest, on god. don't we? as i ponder my limits i find myself saddened by the fact that i can so easily put conditions on my love of others. something doesn't go the way i think it should and i can become angry, bitter, and withhold or not accept love.

praise the lord that paul's words "nothing can ever seperate us from his love" are true even when i am in the way! it blows me away! even when i question his plan, struggle with his purpose, doubt his ways, he loves me. when i disobey what he has called me to do, when i neglect who he has called me to be, he loves me. i am loved unconditionally - NOTHING can keep it away! NOTHING!