Living Loved
By Meg Bucher
“I have loved you with an everlasting love; I have called you, and you are mine.” – Jeremiah 31:3
The bell rang to release homeroom, and I triumphantly toted an arm-full of carnations to First Period. Each bloom donned a colorful paper note, stapled to the stem, symbolizing likability, friends, and sometimes love. I have always wanted to be friends with everyone, and those flowers were seriously satisfying!
We put in work and wager a lot of our self-esteem for the approval of others. But it’s in vain, literally. We are already accepted, liked and loved! God filled us with His love when He created us, and never stops loving who we are… right now.
How can we live, loved?
Jeremiah reminded the rebellious people of his day, “The LORD appeared to us in the past, saying: ‘I have loved you with an everlasting love; I have called you, and you are mine.” God’s ancient people had rebelled… again. They had forgotten the fulfilling…
