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Tuesday... Love is definitely acceptance even weaknesses.


Psalm 136:23 (NLT), "He remembers us in our weakness. His faithful love endures forever."

Tuesday... Love is definitely acceptance even weaknesses.

Psalm 136 is a unique Psalm. It gives 26 different statements and then says, "His love endures forever." Now verse 23 says, "He remembers us in our weakness. His faithful love endures forever."


Now usually remembering a weakness doesn't say anything about love. Even when we look at our weakness we don't usually then say anything about love. We usually have a disappointment and a I've got to do better.

I just went through a situation. I caused a problem for someone else and then I read this verse. The fact of my weakness stood out to me. And I felt bad. But God has a different view.

Maybe you needed to see that today. Maybe your mate or your kids or one of your friends didn't handle a situation the way you wanted. Even maybe it was you. So how did you respond? "He remembers us in our weakness. His faithful love endures forever."

Too many times there is no love in a situation where weakness is shown. But God loves us so much that He sent His Son to take care of our weakness of not following His way. Jesus died for us even when we were weak.

I read today Acts 7 in the New Testament. The Jewish religious' leaders were looking for weaknesses in the followers of Jesus and here they had brought a follower of Jesus and looked for a way to trip him up so they could kill him. The man's name was Stephen and he was the first martre since Jesus. Now Stephen tells them the history of the Jewish people and of how that Jesus was eventually killed by them.

Verses 57-58 says, "Then they put their hands over their ears and began shouting. They rushed at him, and dragged him out of the city and began to stone him. His accusers took off their coats and laid them at the feet of a young man named Saul." Verses 59-60 says, "As they stoned him, Stephen prayed, 'Lord Jesus, receive my spirit.' He fell to his knees, shouting, 'Lord, don't charge them with this sin!' And with that he died."

And then 8:1 says, "Saul was one of the witnesses, and he agreed completely with the killing of Stephen." But God had his eye on him and Saul who God changed his name to Paul, eventually came to be the greatest witness to the gentiles and while he was in prison for preaching the Good News of Jesus,wrote a big portion of the New Testament of the Bible.

"He remembers us in our weakness. His faithful love endures forever." Yes, He remembers my weaknesses and still loves me.

Psalm 136:23 in the Amplified Bible says, "Who [faithfully remembered us in our lowly condition, for His lovingkindness endures forever." The Message says, "God remembered us when we were down, His love never quits."

Stephen showed that same kind of love and so does God toward us and we need to do the same. Yes, love is definitely acceptance even weaknesses. Yes, yes! #todaysbeginning
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