God is like…Steve Urkel?

   I’ve struggled for a very long time to believe that God really loves me very much.  Even though the Bible says over and over that God is loving I’m not sure I’ve ever really believed it wholeheartedly in regards to myself. For the past few years especially I feel like I’ve lived in secret fear that God would get tired of me and give up.  I’ve secretly thought to myself…if I screw up one more time it’s going to be over, He won’t want me anymore…surely He must get tired of having to forgive me over and over again for the same sins that I say I’m sorry for but continue to commit.  Every time I do anything wrong I wonder if this is the one that’s going to get me struck by lightning.

   But I feel like God has been trying to teach me how He really is.  And strangely enough, He compared Himself to Steve Urkel in order to do that.  I can honestly say I didn’t see that coming. 

   So I thought about good old Steve and how he constantly pursued Laura even though she was always rejecting him.  He never seemed to get tired of it and he always thought she was beautiful even when she was  being a complete jerk towards him.

   God is the same way with me and with all people.  He never gets tired of chasing after us even when we’re horrible and reject him.  It’s something I can’t even begin to fathom, how He can love us this way, so I just have to choose to believe it even though I can’t understand.  I hope someday I’ll understand this extravagant love.

-Isaiah 54:10