Why, then, don’t we always feel it? It’s because the degree to which we sense God’s love for us depends on our expectation of Him and our response to Him. Some people accept God’s love wholeheartedly the moment they have an understanding of who He is and what He has done. Others are slower to open up to Him. They don’t expect Him to love them the way He does, so they don’t respond to His hand on their life with complete trust. For example, one woman I have been friends with for decades was a hundred percent sold out to God as soon as she gave her life to Jesus and never looked back. She received His love completely and didn’t doubt it for a moment. I saw this with my own eyes and was always amazed. And then I had another close friend who received the Lord but could never fully accept that He loved her. I knew both of them for years, and they were not extreme cases of great or little faith, yet what was the difference between them? After talking with countless women about this very subject over the years, I believe these two friends actually represent many more people than we realize.
