You Are Loved!

“You are Loved.”  Those words will mean different things to different readers depending on who you hear it from and how you are feeling at the time.
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Last Sunday our Senior Kid’s Under Construction (Sunday School) class created this cool street art which communicates the message “You are Loved.” I saw it several times in design form and finished form and after a slow start, the message has really been growing on me.

To begin with they were just words for a cool kids' project, they didn’t relate specifically to me. The truth is though both you, and I are deeply loved.

​​God communicates in Ephesians 3:17-19  that most people have little idea just how incredibly loved they are. Our very existence proves we are loved. Jesus Christ’s story demonstrates the full extent of His love for you. If you’re like me, just hearing the words, “You are Loved” without thinking about them does little good. But when we give it some thought it’s like the lights and warmth getting switched on in a dark room. Think for a moment just how much is communicated in those three little words.

"I pray that you, being rooted and established in love, 18 may have power, together with all the Lord’s holy people, to grasp how wide and long and high and deep is the love of Christ, 19 and to know this love that surpasses knowledge—that you may be filled to the measure of all the fullness of God." 
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​Ephesians 3:17b-19

“You are LOVED” God’s love for us is indiscriminate. It’s not based on actions or inactions, perfections or faults. His love for you is based entire on His limitless capacity and desire to love us.

“You ARE loved” This little word, are, indicates a lot. Being loved is a right now reality. It’s not just a future hope that might one day happen. Neither is it a past memory thinking back to a time when you were once loved. This very moment right where you sit, stand or recline reading this, “You Are Loved.”

“YOU are loved” This is a message addressed personally to you. It’s not just to every person on the planet it’s also specifically for you to know, experience and enjoy.
The question is not, "Am I loved?”  It’s, “Will you let yourself be completely filled with the love that Jesus Christ already offers to you every moment of every night and day?
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May Grace, Peace and the Love of Jesus Christ strengthen and sustain you.
Andrew Hilton