One thing God has spoken, two things have I heard: that you, O God, are strong,
and that you, O Lord, are loving. Surely you will reward each person according to what he has done. - Psalms 62:11-12 NIV
It's so hard to get this right, the picture of a loving yet strong God. For a lot of us, love is a wimpy, soppy, one-sided sort of affair that reduces the lover to mush. It produces a situation where the person who loves must be ever trying to please the object of their affection in order to win their love and approval. If the lover was a stronger person, they could live without their beloved, but instead they must bend to the desires of the one they love. It's always a cat and mouse game where one or the other has the upper hand.
It's not that way with God's love. He loves us from a position of strength, never a position of weakness. He doesn't love us any more if we cling to him or run away as far and as fast as we can. He does not change. His love is immutable. He is strong, he doesn't need us, but he loves us. As the old song says, 'How wonderful, how marvelous.'
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