The amazing, all-powerful God loves YOU... So much

The title that I posted this as couldn't be more true. He does love YOU. SO MUCH MORE THAN YOU CAN EVER IMAGINE! It's so strange, because so often I think of His love as just, natural. So often I am not even overwhelmed by it. But think about it. God's love is so perfect, so holy, so righteous, so wonderful that anything we give back to Him can't even compare. How could we not be overwhelmed by this love? Why do we so often ignore it, take it for granted, and fail to proclaim it? Is it because we get used to it? It's an amazing thought to think how much God loved us, and still is loving us. That He should send His only Son, to make a wretch His treasure.
When you think about it.....
God doesn't need us for anything, yet still desires a relationship with us.
YET we need Him for everything, yet so often don't desire to grow closer in our relationship with Him.
Why? Why is this? It's because we forget one simple thing. Well, I take that back. It's not really that simple. Understanding God perfectly can take a life time and still never really completely be acheived. But in essence, I think we sometimes forget how incredibly awesome God is. Think about this for a moment...
"The incredible, Good Creator, the One who created a "very good" world and the One who will restore His creation to the same glory wants a relationship with you.
The Righteous Judge, the One who sentenced the first man to death for his rebellion and the One who came and suffered the sentence of death on behalf of mankind desires a relationship with you.
The Sovereign Savior, the One who provided an ark for Noah and his family and the One who provided the Savior of the world longs for a relationship with you.
The Infinite Sustainer, the One who created time and the One who stepped into time so that He could live as a human yearns for a relationship with you.
The One who confused the languages at Babel and the One before whom people from every tribe, nation, and tongue will bow and worship craves to have a relationship with you.
The Loving Redeemer, the One who killed animals to cover the sin of Adam and Eve and the One who came to bleed on the cross for the sin of mankind... The One who placed a curse on the creation and the One who came to redeem His creation from the curse... The One who promised to send someone to crush the head of the serpent and the One who fulfilled the promise by rising from the dead, conquering the "Last enemy..." did all this so that He could have a relationship with you.
And with me." Much of this paraphrased from Arthur Bennett, The Valley of Vision, The Banner of Turth Trust (2005), p. 219
Why does God do this? Because God so loved the world...
And it's true. He did all this so He could know you and love you. If you don't know Him personally now, please accept His free gift. Because, as it says in Romans 10:9, "Because if you confess the Lord Jesus, and believe in your heart that God has raised Him from the dead, you shall be saved."
With much love to you.
Rachel