According to Webster, love is a “strong affection for another arising out of kinship or personal ties.” Each of us longs to experience this kind of ongoing relationship.

People, however, can be fickle, moody, rude, ignorant, self-centered, and extremely cruel. Sometime without warning, words like flaming arrows pierce our tender hearts leaving us feeling broken, defeated, and perhaps, in a puddle of tears.

Who, then, is the one most capable of healing brokenness? Who loves us more than anyone in the whole world? Who is always listening, always near, and always faithful? Whether you call Him Heavenly Father, Almighty God, Jesus, or Daddy, He is always ready to wrap you in His arms of compassion and proclaim His never-ending, incomparable love for you!

If you are hurting right now, may this verse and chorus from “My Daddy” touch your wounded heart.

Verse 1:
Last night I went runnin’ home
Cryin’ from the pain
Hurtful words still stinging
Echoing again
And when I reached my Daddy
Suddenly I knew
His cheeks were streaked with tears
Because He’d heard them too!

Chorus
I know my Daddy loves me
I know my Daddy cares
I know He sees my joy and pain
He listens to my prayers
He waits for me with open arms
And knows just where to start
He touches me so tenderly
And heals my broken heart.

The apostle Paul wrote, “And I ask him that with both feet planted firmly on love, you’ll be able to take in with all followers of Jesus the extravagant dimensions of Christ’s love. Reach out and experience the breadth! Test its length! Plumb the depths! Rise to the heights! Live full lives, full in the fullness of God” (Ephesians 3:17b-19 The Message).

May you encounter His incomparable, measureless love.

Happy Valentines Day!