{"id":469,"date":"2018-09-08T09:19:00","date_gmt":"2018-09-08T14:19:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mypeacezone.com\/he-loves-me-he-loves-me-no\/"},"modified":"2019-02-18T10:15:09","modified_gmt":"2019-02-18T16:15:09","slug":"he-loves-me-he-loves-me-no","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mypeacezone.com\/?p=469","title":{"rendered":"He Loves Me. ? He Loves Me Not. ?"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Blast from the past! Did you ever take a flower (usually a daisy or a rose) and proceed to pluck off one petal at a time and repeat the words \u201cHe loves me; He loves me not\u201d? Playing that little game represented the truth between whether that cute boy loved us or not. I don\u2019t know if guys played that game like we girls did, but I just know we were motivated by our longing that he would like us and that little flower game gave us hope.<\/p>\n

In my case, when that cute, black haired, brown eyed boy paid me some attention, I started saying \u201cHe loves me; He loves me lots!\u201d My hope became a reality!<\/p>\n

Now I segue to a love that is a much bigger deal than the attraction we had for that cute guy! God is crazy in love with us. Proof-positive is found in John 3:16 \u201cFor GOD SO LOVED the world, that He gave His only begotten Son, that whoever (that\u2019s YOU and ME) believes in Him, will never perish but have eternal life.\u201d Jeremiah 31:3 emphasizes His love, even more, \u201cI have loved you with a love that lasts forever!\u201d And, as in that beautiful old song, “The 12th of Never”, FOREVER is a long, long time!<\/p>\n

Back to that flower game. How often do we play it with God\u2019s love \u2013 when we doubt Him and we question His plans for us? It\u2019s like this:
\nI get a flat tire \u2013 He loves me not.
\nI get a job promotion \u2013 He loves me.
\nI sprained my ankle \u2013 He loves me not.
\nI get a check in the mail I wasn\u2019t expecting \u2013 He loves me.
\nI drop my cell phone and the screen cracks — He loves me not.
\nI am given a new cell phone \u2013 He loves me.<\/p>\n

No matter how our day goes or even how our life goes \u2013 no matter the ups and downs \u2013 the sweet surprises or the disappointments — no matter whether we feel sad or glad; God\u2019s love is unconditional (unlike those cute boys who were here today, and gone tomorrow). God is with us. He has plans for us beyond our greatest imaginations. Jeremiah 29:11 \u201cFor I know the plans I have for you,\u201d declares the LORD, \u201cplans to prosper you and not to harm you, plans to give you hope and a future.\u201d Let\u2019s throw away those flowers and emphatically believe and know “…how deep, how wide and long is the love of Christ.” (Ephesians 3:18).
\nHE LOVES ME! ?? HE LOVES ME! ?? HE LOVES ME!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Blast from the past! Did you ever take a flower (usually a daisy or a rose) and proceed to pluck off one petal at a time and repeat the words \u201cHe loves me; He loves me not\u201d? Playing that little game represented the truth between whether that cute boy loved us or not. I don\u2019t…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_coblocks_attr":"","_coblocks_dimensions":"","_coblocks_responsive_height":"","_coblocks_accordion_ie_support":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[1647,1648,1649,804,1650,1651,1652,1653,593,1654,1655],"class_list":["post-469","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized","tag-blast-from-the-past","tag-flower","tag-flower-game","tag-for-god-so-loved-the-world","tag-god-is-crazy-in-love-with-us","tag-he-loves-me","tag-he-loves-me-not","tag-jeremiah-313","tag-john-316","tag-love-that-lasts-forever","tag-pluck-a-petal"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mypeacezone.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/469","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mypeacezone.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mypeacezone.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mypeacezone.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mypeacezone.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=469"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/mypeacezone.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/469\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":8551,"href":"https:\/\/mypeacezone.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/469\/revisions\/8551"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mypeacezone.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=469"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mypeacezone.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=469"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mypeacezone.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=469"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}