I am Loved by God

I am loved by God. I talk about this often. I know. Let me share why.
Every Sunday at church, our whole congregation reads our church creed together.
 It goes like this:

I AM LOVED BY GOD

I CANNOT EARN IT,

I CANNOT LOSE IT,

I AM MADE BRAND NEW,

I LIVE WITH PASSION AND PURPOSE,

I AM EMPOWERED BY THE SPIRIT,

TO BE THE CHURCH IN THE WORLD,

AND TO LIVE THIS LOVE REVOLUTION.

I love this creed for many purposes. 

First, it reminds me of who I am. The world has a lot to tell you about who you are. Almost always, you are defined by your profession, not your life. You are either up high or low down on the ladder of success depending on the size of your home not the size of your heart. And you can almost always depend on the world to point out what they don't like and accept about you way more often than what they do. For this very reason, the earth is plagued with people, chasing after personal gain and worthless ideals. By no means am I saying that having money or goals or professional success is wrong. However, I like to be reminded of the truth that that is not the purpose of my life here on earth or anybody else's for that matter.

I honestly believe that if everyone has a deep rooted understanding of how much God loves them, they would believe differently, act differently, live differently.

The Bible says in John 3 v 16, "For God so loved the world that He gave His only begotten Son; that whomsoever shall believe in Him shall not perish but have everlasting life."
What blows my mind is the second two lines of the creed. I CANNOT EARN IT. I CANNOT LOSE IT. It is counterintuitive, that God would love me just the way I am. Not because I am good. Not because I got it all right. Not because I am a perfect follower of His will. I can do nothing to earn it. It is but a free gift He has given out of love. We do not experience that kind of unconditional love in any earthly relationship we have. However with God, there is nothing we can do to earn His love and nothing we can do to lose it or be separated from it.
However, as we see has happened around us, we can lead our lives totally unaware of this fierce and pursuing love of God. And when we do, our lives can become very small, purpose-less and meaningless.
There is no purpose for the created beside the Creator's.
This is why it is important to be constantly reminded of His love for you.
All this to say, again, I am loved by God and so are you!