Ps 103:8-12 The Lord is compassionate and gracious, slow to anger, abounding in love. He will not always accuse, nor will He harbor His anger forever; He does not treat us as our
sins deserve or repay us according to our iniquities. For as high as the heavens are above the earth, so great is His love for those who fear Him;
 

We can not begin to imagine the quality and quantity of love the Father has for those of us who have chosen to love and serve Him.
  
We have offered to the Creator of the universe, our very lives and hearts and souls. We worship at the feet of the One Who gave His life for us.  He cares for us in real and compassionate ways.  He wants to be involved in the everyday things of
our lives as well as the big and important choices we make.
  
So great is His love for us that He rejoices over us with singing. (Zeph 3:17) He gave His life for us willingly so that we might willingly serve and worship Him throughout all eternity. He acknowledges us before His Father as we acknowledge Him before man.  He loves us in ways we can not understand. He allows things in our lives that we don't appreciate or want but those things are what helps us to love
and desire Him more.
  
As we run to Him for encouragement and guidance, He offers us wisdom and comfort. No matter how many times we turn to Him, He doesn't get impatient or find fault with us. (James 1:5) He is all we will ever need when we strive to seek Him and offer to Him the love He desires and deserves.

John 15:5-7 "I am the vine; you are the branches. If a man remains in Me and I in him, he will bear much fruit; apart from Me you can do nothing. If anyone does not remain
in Me, he is like a branch that is thrown away and withers; such branches are picked up and thrown into the fire and burned. If you remain in Me and My words remain in you, ask whatever you wish, and it will be given you."
 
Jesus desires to live in you and you live in Him.  He wants permission to be in you and with you 24/7, not just Sunday morning or during your occasional time in the word. Jesus wants to be welcomed into all aspects of your life. He knows
already what takes up your time and thoughts. He simply wants to be not a guest, but a resident in your life. He wants to be treated as a member of your family. He doesn't want to be a visitor that is given special treatment then dismissed.
  
How much do we acknowledge His presence in our lives? On Sunday afternoon, after lunch, is He still as much in our hearts and minds as He was on Sunday morning? On Monday, does He occupy a space in our work area or our work ethics?
  
If we know Him as our personal Savior, He is in us and we are in Him, just as He is in the Father and the Father is in Him and us. The Holy Spirit should be a very present help in our days of troubles and joys.
 
Talking to Jesus as we would to a friend or a family member makes Him more real and accessible.  We don't need to use special words that we don't use any other time. We can be more real with Him if our words are from the heart. If we use honest expressions of our thoughts and feelings, He will
feel more approachable.
 
Jesus has walked the same paths we walk. He just wants to walk and live in all aspects of our lives.  Invite Him in and watch how He becomes a vital part of your life, an automatic part of every decision and choice. When that happens, you will find that the desires of your hearts will change. What used to be important is much less important. When the
desire of His heart becomes the desire of our heart, what we desire will be granted.
  
Open your heart and life and home to the Creator and Redeemer. He loves you and will make life an easier place to live. Let Him reside, abide. If He has given you eternal life, give your life to Him.  He takes that responsibility very seriously.

Psalms 111:4 He has caused His wonders to be remembered; the Lord is gracious and compassionate.
  
Psalms 145:8,9 The Lord is gracious and compassionate, slow to anger and rich in love.  The Lord is good to all; He has compassion on all He has made.
  
Psalms 86:15 But You, O Lord, are a compassionate and gracious God, slow to anger, abounding in love and faithfulness.
  
Matthew 9:35,36 Jesus went through all the towns and villages, teaching in their synagogues, preaching the good news of the kingdom and healing every disease and sickness. When He saw the crowds, He had compassion on them, because they were harassed and helpless, like sheep without a shepherd.
 
Jesus saw the crowds.  He saw their lost and fallen world. His
heart broke for them.  He saw them follow Him even though they had no food so He told His disciples to feed them.  He gave them food for their bodies as well as food for their souls.
  
His heart broke for the pain that Mary and Martha felt when they lost Lazarus.  He wept for them just as He wept for what He would endure for them and us.  He wept over Jerusalem.  They, the people, rejected Him when He could have eased their pain and suffering.
  
Jesus feels the same compassion for us today.  He knows the hurts and suffering that we endure, just as He endured.  He offers us a comfort in the midst of trials if only we would accept it. His love is no different today than when He walked this Earth.
  
Jesus sees us now just as He saw the crowds then.  He is still
teaching.  Now, He is teaching through His Word and His people.  We are doing the hands on teaching, just as He did.
When we teach through our lives and words and actions, we emulate the greatest Teacher ever. We offer to the lost world a better way.  We offer to the hurting world, a healing Savior. Jesus doesn't expect us to be completely versed and knowledgable of His Word but He does expect us to have His Word hidden in our hearts so that we will be able to share His compassion with those He brings to us.
  
When we cast the Bread of Life on the waters, He has promised us it will not return void. We will offer manna and He will make it into life giving Bread. We will offer a drink and He will make it Living Water.

Hebrews 13:8  Jesus Christ is the same yesterday, today and forever.
 
Hebrews 12:28,29  Therefore, since we are receiving a kingdom that cannot be shaken, let us be thankful, and so worship God acceptably with reverence and awe, for "our God is a consuming fire". (Deut 4:24) 
 
Deut 4:31 For the Lord your God is a merciful God; He will not abandon or destroy you or forget the covenant with your forefathers, which He confirmed to them by oath.

Read also Deut 4:32-40 "The Lord is God"
 
During my time in college, I was in a class that taught "Situational Ethics".  We were given a situation that attempted to explain that there are no absolutes and that we must make decisions according to the present circumstances.  We were encouraged to find solutions to different sets of events that were 'fair' to all.
 
The word 'sin' was unacceptable and archaic.  The idea that we will someday stand before a Holy God and pay the price for our sins was old-fashioned and a more 'modern' way of thinking was to be embraced.  I found it very difficult to 'embrace' a way of thinking that denies the sovereign will of God.
 
The Lord Jesus has paid a very high price for an 'archaic way of thinking'.  He gave up His Heaven for a time on earth with a people that insisted on rejecting Him despite many miracles and healings.  He loves us just as He loved them.  He
has paid the same price for us that He paid for them.  He gives us the same choices that He gave them.  He hasn't changed His ways or His free gift of salvation.  He rejoiced over them the same as He rejoices over us when we confess our sins, repent and take advantage of His sacrifice.
 
He is the same yesterday, today and forever.  He will not change.  He is the same God that spoke the universe into
being.  He is the same God that took the dust from the ground and made the first man.  The covenant that He made with Adam is unchanged today.  The Son of Man is coming to crush the head of the serpent and to set up His kingdom here on earth.  The beauty of the Heaven that He has promised is beyond our comprehension.
 
We are guaranteed that He won't change His mind.  We are promised that we will see Him face to face.  We know that His Word is absolute.  The love of God is, was and will always be.  You can be sure of that.