April 26

But God shows and clearly proves His [own] love for us by the fact that while we were still sinners, Christ (the Messiah, the Anointed One) died for us”. Romans 5:8 (AMPC)

You may have tried your whole life to be perfect so that others would love you, or so that you could love yourself. But beloved one, here is perfection we look for, found only in the love of God. In Christ’s death, life, and sacrifice. God sees you now, hidden in Christ, one with Him and perfect in every way! His love makes you perfect and you are perfectly loved.
 
Let go of the memories and concerns of how others knew you, or how you knew yourself. Even if you have fallen or failed, lied, cheated, stolen, or have been too broken to feel you deserve any love—those things are left behind now. And all the worry, shame, and guilt, that goes with them too.
 
When you come home to His love, you find the real you, for true, enduring, unconditional Love, has come to heal and rescue you!

Prayer:
 
Jesus, I thank You, being fully loved by the Father and perfect in every way, would You come into my life today—offering me and showing me a better way.
 
I confess that I have not loved myself or others as I have wanted, but if I can know that You love me with a perfect love and see me as perfect in Your love, then I can learn to live, and to love, in a brand new way!
 
I may not always see it Lord, just yet, but You have said and I know You never lie!
 
Thank you Jesus that You made a way so that I may be whole and complete.  Wrapped in the Father’s perfect love and perfectly loved by You!