Never Gives Up

The WORD today (seehttp://usccb.org/bible/readings/041913.cfm) reminds me that God never gives up on us.

I attended a prayer last night, and one of the songs used by the leaders is  “One Thing Remains” by Jesus Culture. Part of the song goes:

Your love never fails, never gives up

Never run out on me…

I believe this is true. As we see in the first reading, God never gives up on us. His love never gives up on us.

As we have seen in the readings the previous days, Saul was a fierce persecutor of Christians. He was there, and he consented, when St Stephen, the first martyr, died. However, God did not give up on him, and still chose him to be one of the great, if not the greatest evangelist. We see today how God called him while he was on his way to Damascus.

We also see how God did not give up on Ananias. Unlike Mary, who gave her “yes” right there and then, Ananias had concerns. He voiced out his concerns to God – probably because he was angry at Saul for persecuting Christians, and maybe afraid that Saul could put him to death. However, God did not give up on Ananias. He explained and continued to ask Ananias to help Saul, which he eventually did.

In our lives, we too have experienced God never giving up on us in one way or another. We continue to sin and hurt God, but he does not give up on us and continues to forgive us, continues to love and  bless us. We may be running away from him, afraid of what he asks us to do, afraid to commit ourselves and serve him, but he does not give up and continues to call us to serve him, continues to give us opportunities to love and serve him and grow in faith. Other people may give up on us when we mess up at work or in school, but God continues to see the goodness in us, continues to bless us and love us no matter what, even if we ourselves cannot do such.

God’s love never gives up on us. May we allow him to love us and experience what his love, which never gives up, can do to us.

Father God,

Thank you for today. Thank you that it’s Friday already. Lord, I thank you for never giving up on me. Thank you for continuing to love me, bless me, and see the goodness in me. I pray that I always allow you to love me, and may your love that never gives up on me, inspire me to love you more, serve you more, and spread your love to others. Amen.

Blessed day!

In Christ,

-g-