{"id":14851,"date":"2026-06-19T03:00:00","date_gmt":"2026-06-19T08:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.honestreflections.net\/?p=14851"},"modified":"2026-04-23T12:18:47","modified_gmt":"2026-04-23T17:18:47","slug":"joy-in-christs-love","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.honestreflections.net\/index.php\/2026\/06\/19\/joy-in-christs-love\/","title":{"rendered":"Joy in Christ&#8217;s Love"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Two-minute read.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"819\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/www.honestreflections.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/June-19th-819x1024.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-14853\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.honestreflections.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/June-19th-819x1024.png 819w, https:\/\/www.honestreflections.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/June-19th-240x300.png 240w, https:\/\/www.honestreflections.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/June-19th-768x960.png 768w, https:\/\/www.honestreflections.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/June-19th.png 1080w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 819px) 100vw, 819px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In the last few months of my mother\u2019s life, I stopped for a visit on my way to work. Finding her in bed, still asleep, I crawled in with her. As she always did, Mom wrapped her arm around me and pulled me close, making me feel loved, secure, and cherished. Nothing could stop my mom from loving and protecting me, no matter my age.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Nothing stops God from loving and protecting us.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Even more present than a mom, the Lord loves us so deeply that nothing can separate us from Him. People may not choose to love the Savior, but He loves them. When Paul writes this letter to the Romans, he shares the truth of God\u2019s love with them. The apostle, transformed from murderer to missionary, understood the depth of its truth.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">We live in a world that constantly bombards us with negative messaging. Lies permeate the airways as people try to force their agendas. The complexities of life try to convince us that God doesn\u2019t care. And we have a spiritual enemy that wants us to think the same. But none of that can separate us from the love our Father has for us.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Lord doesn\u2019t love us with a fragile, conditional, or easily disrupted love. His divine affection flows steadily, securely, and unbreakably to us. Anchored in Christ, God\u2019s love holds now and forever.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Paul dismantles our fears with Christ\u2019s love for us. Jesus conquered death, defeated the devil, and discovered the unknown, all with the never-ending love of God, something we can\u2019t lose.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Don\u2019t reject Christ\u2019s love for you. Open your arms wide and receive what the Savior offers. Live in the love of the Lord, fully and wonderfully cherished, always held, never forgotten.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">God\u2019s love holds you with something stronger than anything that could try to pull you away.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-center\">Reflection:<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center wp-block-paragraph\"><em>What fear in your life feels like it could separate you from God\u2014and how does this passage challenge that?<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-center\">Joy Thought:<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center wp-block-paragraph\">Nothing in all creation can stop God from loving you.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Two-minute read. In the last few months of my mother\u2019s life, I stopped for a visit on my way to work. Finding her in bed, still asleep, I crawled in with her. As she always did, Mom wrapped her arm around me and pulled me close, making me feel loved, secure, and cherished. Nothing could&hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.honestreflections.net\/index.php\/2026\/06\/19\/joy-in-christs-love\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Joy in Christ&#8217;s Love<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-14851","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized","without-featured-image"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.honestreflections.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14851","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.honestreflections.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.honestreflections.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.honestreflections.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.honestreflections.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=14851"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.honestreflections.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14851\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":14855,"href":"https:\/\/www.honestreflections.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14851\/revisions\/14855"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.honestreflections.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=14851"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.honestreflections.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=14851"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.honestreflections.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=14851"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}