Holly C. Robins - Gods Unbreakable Love: The Master Healer of Broken Hearts and Shattered Lives

Gods
Unbreakable Love

The Master Healer of Broken Hearts and Shattered Lives

Holly C. Robins

Copyright 2017 Holly C. Robins.

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Contents

T hank you, Lord, for Your unconditional love, which has carried me through so many storms, even in the angry years of my youth when I wanted nothing to do with You. Thank you for Your Holy Spirit, which led me to go in directions I never would have chosen. Thank you for never giving up on me in the times I fought and kicked all the way. Thank you for all the times You have demonstrated Your unmovable devotion and loyalty. I wish there was a more potent word that we could reserve only for You to express our gratitude for all that You do for us. A wise lady once said to me Father is the word that God longs to here you say. So thank you, Father. Thank you for it all: for the easy roads I love to travel on and the rocky roads I never understood; that is, until I reached the end of them and looked back and saw all the valuable lessons You have taught me on the journey. I am so grateful to You, Father, for the amazing people You have surrounded me with.

To Don and Hope, who I am so honored to know as my dear friends. I thank you both for teaching me so many things throughout the years of our friendship, but mostly for your example to dig deeper, work harder, and love more generously and unconditionally. You taught me to never give up and to always trust what God is doing. Let Him be God.

To Maryke, who leaves everyone who meets her wondering if she is an angel on assignment. Thank you, Maryke, for encouraging me to write the story of Gods unbreakable love. Thank you for being the example that you are to myself and to so many other women, teaching us the commitment it takes to be a true prayer warrior and that the greatest battles of war have been fought on the knees of faithful women in their living rooms.

I want to thank Jim and Barb for the times they have rushed to arm up and fight for my husband and me in prayer, leading us through our darkest storm.

I am so grateful to my amazing husband for his support and encouragement to go where God leads me and to freely be the women that God created me to be.

To my daughter and my granddaughter: You have this incredible inner beauty and strength that leaves me breathless. Thank you, my dear baby girls. Your courage and ambition have been a powerful influence in my life.

My God, when I think of all these beautiful people You have put in my life, I know that I am truly loved.

A special thank you:

To a dear lady who I get to call Mom. Your love, your kindness, and the way you live your faith is an inspiration to everyone who knows you.

In loving memory of Bev George Lynn

19392016

W e fondly remember the life that Bev shared with us here on earth, but we celebrate the life that he is living now in heaven with his father. Bev was not merely a religious man with a church membership but rather a man who lived his life for God. He loved God with all his heart, and everything in his life was all about God. He even requested that his funeral not be all about him but rather about his Savior, who he believed in, trusted, and lived for. It was important to Bev that he could share with us what he treasured the most in his life: The truth that set him free was salvation through Jesus Christ.

In Gods word 2 Corinthians, God tells us through Paul what happens to us when we leave these earthly tents that we live in, which are only on borrow:

2 Corinthians 5:1-5 taken from GNT

For we know that when this tent we live inour body here on earthis torn down, God will have a house in heaven for us to live in, a home He himself has made, which will last forever. And now we sigh, so great is our desire to have our home which is in heaven put over us; for by being clothed with it we shall not be found without a body. While we live in this earthly tent we groan with a feeling of oppression; it is not that we want to get rid of our earthly body, but that we want to have the heavenly one put on over us, so that what is mortal will be swallowed up by life. God is the one that has prepared us for this change, and He gave us his spirit as the guarantee of all that He has fo r us.

In Gods word Luke 23, God is reassuring us exactly when this will take place. When Jesus was hanging on the cross between two sinners, one man scoffed at Jesus and made fun of him, but the other protested and claimed Jesuss innocence. Listen carefully to what Jesus is telling us here:

Luke 23:4243 from GNT

And he said to Jesus, Remember me, Jesus, when you come as king. Jesus said to him, I tell you this: today you will be in paradise wit h me.

Jesus said that you will be in paradise with me today . Not tomorrow or someday; not when I move some things around, but today. On the day that Bev passed away, he was already living in heaven. Throughout history, there have been many failed attempts to express the extraordinary beauty of heaven, but never has man been given the words to express the beauty of what we cannot begin to comprehend. We have nothing to compare heavens beauty to here on earth, but today Bev knows because he is living there face to face with his Lord and Savior. Bev got to go and live in his real home in paradise to be with his Father that he loves so much. One day we will be face to face with Jesus when its our turn, and we get to go to our real home.

U nbreakable Love is not only my story. Its a love story that has been passed down from generation to generation throughout history. Its a story about the powerful love and devotion that our heavenly Father has for his daughters and how far He will go to save them. Its about Gods unbreakable love for you. You matter to God more than you can ever imagine, and He has a plan for your life. The choice is yours though. God will never force you to follow him. He will never go against your own free will. You must make a choice and commit to it as I did. Let God show you what He can do with your life when you surrender it over to Him. God cannot and will not fail you. God never grows tired of rebuilding the broken because His greatest passion is His children and to see them live life abundantly. God longs to have a personal relationship with you. Perhaps you will be able to recognize a part of yourself as I walk you through the chapters of my life. My greatest desire in writing you my story is that you will experience the amazing difference between living life without God and living with Him every moment of every day. Christianity is not a religion or about what church you belong to or how many times you attend. It is not about how many Bible verses you have memorized. Believing in God is not enough. Read Matthew 7:2123. You will learn that it has everything to do with a personal relationship with Jesus Christ and doing the will of God. It is living your life through Jesus Christ every day. Its about including Christ in everything you do. Its about allowing God to be a part of your plans and decision making. A relationship with Jesus Christ is the most intimate and most powerful relationship you will ever have. A relationship that has the power to change you forever.