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God's love for you is OVERWHELMING

I have a poster on the wall of my dorm room that says "God's love for you is overwhelming" and then quotes Psalms 103:11 which says, "For as high as the heavens are above the earth, So great is His lovingkindness toward those who fear Him."  I have had the poster since high school, and although it sounds cheesy, I believe it is one of the things that has helped me get through the hard times the past few years.

I guess what has always caught my eye about it is the picture.  It shows a girl with her arms outstretched and God reaching down his hand to touch her outstretched hand.  It has been a constant reminder to me that God is always there for me.  In the moments of my complete surrender and of me falling apart at his feet, he has and always will reach down to hold my hand and be there right beside me.  Through the good times and the bad times.  

But tonight I started thinking even more about it.  The saying says that "God's love is overwhelming."  As I sat in my bed tonight, wishing I could to go sleep but completely overwhelmed at everything in my life right now, I stared at the word "overwhelming."  I realized that even though I am overwhelmed at all of the changes in my life right now, that feeling can be replaced with an "overwhelming" feeling of God's love and peace.  Sometimes when I am overwhelmed, my stress starts to overtake me and I feel like I am drowning and that I have no way out.  Yet, that is how God's love is.  It is so massive that his love surrounds us in every area of our life.  It is greater than we can ever imagine.  While our stresses and our problems may seem overwhelming, they are nothing when compared to the overwhelming love that God want's to show us if we will just surrender it to Him. 

So that's what I'm going to do.  Instead of staying up and worrying about how overwhelmed I feel, I'm going to surrender.  It's time for me to life up my arms like the girl in the poster and give it all to God.  Because then, and only then, can I fully let myself be immersed in the overwhelming love and peace that God wants to give to me.  

Good night world. I can go to sleep without a worry because I know that my Heavenly Father has me safe in the palm of his hand and he has a perfect plan for my life.  So I don't need to worry about it anymore. :)

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