Genesis and Jeremiah

I was reading the story of Noah last night. I am not the best when it comes to spending time in God's word, and I have no idea why. But literally every time I open my Bible, I am immediately reminded of how much God loves us. This "realization" of His love always overwhelms me and I feel so empowered. Anyways, last night as I was reading, I came to the end of Genesis chapter 8 when I read this:   I will never again curse the ground because of the human race, even though everything they think or imagine is bent toward evil from childhood. I will never again destroy all living things. I was overcome with the thought that we have been failing God for years. He created us, even though He knows that we are going to screw things up and in essence, let Him down. He says "Everything we think or imagine is bent toward evil from our childhood" and yet, He still created us, and He still loves us. 

It breaks my heart. I know that there is nothing I could do to make God love me anymore or any less. I know that His grace and is a free gift and He gives forgiveness when we ask for it. But, I cannot help but feel heartbroken over the fact that we let God down so much. We have been doing it since the beginning of time. It is so sad. And as I was reflecting on this, and my feelings towards this verse, another one came to mind. This one is found in Jeremiah 31 and it says: God told them, “I’ve never quit loving you and never will.  Expect love, love, and more love! And so now I’ll start over with you and build you up again. I don't know about you, but I get chills when I read that. God, in all of His perfectness and holiness, will never stop loving us flawed and broken sinners. He loves us so much. I wish that I could convey that to everyone. I wish that there was someway we could understand just a little bit of how much He loves us, but there is no way that we can. I am so thankful that even though my heart is bent towards evil from childhood, God will never quit loving me. I hope that as you read this, you are reminded too of how much He loves you.