Steadfast love

Have you ever been reading, listening, simply doing daily living when you realize that a term or word just keeps popping up and all of a sudden you think, "I wonder what that is all about?".

That's ME!

I can't tell you how many days or weeks this has been happening to me. I've even questioned God to some degree yet I didn't act on it. Until this morning when "STEADFAST LOVE" was in my quiet time with God once again, He has my FULL attention!

Merriam-Webster on-line dictionary gives us a little insight for both steadfast and for love. Here is steadfast:


1 a : firmly fixed in place : immovable b : not subject to change 2 : firm in belief, determination, or adherence : loyal

I'm pulling out only what I believe what applies for love in this application:

1 a (1) : strong affection for another arising out of kinship or personal ties child

b : an assurance of love

4 a : unselfish loyal and benevolent concern for the good of another: as (1) : the fatherly concern of God for humankind (2) : brotherly concern for others b : a person's adoration of God

What do I see when I look at this? That God's love for me is immovable, can not be changed, faithful like none other. That it is true, absolute, resolute, lasting, enduring and settled. That He has given me the assurance of His love through His word and the conviction and belief and faith He has poured into my heart through time, time, time. That His love is unselfish, it has a PARENTAL connotation both maternal and paternal.

I did a quick search and found that STEADFAST LOVE, those two words together, show up 202 times in the English Standard Version of God's Word. Girlfriends and guy friends let us together praise God together with the words found in Psalm 118:29: Oh give thanks to the LORD, for he is good; for his steadfast love endures forever!

I close with this as my prayer and I hope yours as well from Psalm 119:40-42.

Behold, I long for your precepts; in your righteousness give me life! Waw. Let your steadfast love come to me, O LORD, your salvation according to your promise; then shall I have an answer for him who taunts me, for I trust in your word. **AMEN**

Lovingly as I allow His steadfast love to truly take root and bear tasty fruit in my life,
Yolanda


**Waw, through me for a loop, says it only occurs in this verse through out the bible, and not only in the ESV translation. I also found it in the KJV. This is about all I could find out from the Int. Standard Bible Encyclopedia: waw "w": The sixth letter of the Hebrew alphabet; transliterated in this Encyclopedia "w" (or "v"). It came also to be used for the number 6. **