Romans 8:35 “Who shall separate us from the love of Christ?”

I do not feel loved.  One of the ways my autism affects me is an inability to feel loved; yet I know I am loved.  I know I am loved, because at an early age my mother told me she loved me; and my mother does not lie.  My mother proved she loved me by doing what was best for me.  She did what was best for me, even when it was not what I wanted her to do.  She did what was best for me even when it was not easy for her to do it.  Because I knew that my mother loved me, it was possible for me to know that God loved me also.  Like my mother, he told me so with His word; and like my mother, God does not lie.

I know that for people who are not on the autism spectrum it is a very important to feel loved.  I have seen people get divorced because they did not feel loved any longer.  I have seen people leave the one they once loved because they did not feel “in love” anymore.  People act upon their feelings as if their feelings are reality.  That is not always the case.  Our feelings can deceive us.

Let me share the reality about God’s love. God’s love is not limited to feeling.  God’s love is active.  His love caused Christ to die on the cross in our place.  God’s love does not give us everything we want; His love gives us what we need.  God’s love is unending and forever enduring.  His love is beyond our ability to comprehend.  We do not need to feel God’s love for it to be real.  Sickness, stress, fatigue, anger, and all manner of emotions can hinder our ability to experience God’s love with our feelings.  We must not let our feelings deceive us!  God has not and will not ever stop loving us.  God’s love is unstoppable; God is love.