Day 31: Never Been Unloved

Matthew 18:12-14

New International Version (NIV)

   ¹² “What do you think? If a man owns a hundred sheep, and one of them wanders away, will he not leave the ninety-nine on the hills and go to look for the one that wandered off? ¹³ And if he finds it, truly I tell you, he is happier about that one sheep than about the ninety-nine that did not wander off. ¹⁴ In the same way your Father in heaven is not willing that any of these little ones should perish.


"It's not personal." We say that all the time, or hear people say it all the time. "I had to do such-and-such, but it wasn't personal." I love, love, love the underlying message of these verses: to God, it is personal. I am personal to him. And so are you. And so is every single person that I meet on the street.

I can't help but think of the song, Never Been Unloved by Michael W. Smith. It's one of those listen-in-the-car-to-fix-my-attitude kind of songs, and it's been at the top of my list for years, but it still gets to me every time I hear it. Take a listen. You'll be glad you did.