The truth is God's love, now and forever.

Truth in Psalms

{98:3} He hath remembered his mercy and his truth toward the house of
Israel: all the ends of the earth have seen the salvation of our
God.

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Remembered his MERCY and his TRUTH.
ALL the ends of the earth have seen the SALVATION of our God.

Mercy, truth, salvation.

It is mercy and truth that give us salvation.

Jesus is the embodiment of mercy and truth, our salvation.

You can't have salvation without mercy and truth, it's impossible. Mercy and truth given to us from God, gifts from God just as salvation is.

Eph. {2:8} For by grace are ye saved through faith; and that not of yourselves: it is the gift of God.

There is a beauty to the salvation of God, a beauty we can't deny. Just as we hear touching heroic tales of sacrifice and love, tales that have us moved to tears, this too is a true tale that should move us all to tears, glorying in the promise and gifts of the Lord. He loves us, He is love. Without the mercy and truth of God there would be no love at all, none.

Life without love. The hollow emptiness, the despair that being loveless brings has destroyed many people. Loveless. Many people sink into depression at the thought of not finding *true* love. Scores of songs are written about love. More cocky, bold people write songs about not needing love. Others find it *cool* to be independent and above needing love, being that cold-hearted baddie and yet they seek adoration in that stance as well. Adoration a form of love. There are many forms of love- those forms we even say aren't because we want to deny it. Then again- there are many warped ideas of love that have nothing to do with love at all. We tend to *want* love in a very selfish way. We want to be adored exclusively. We want love to fulfil a need in us and we seek for love in many ways. God alone offers love in the way we really need and we could spend an entire life time seeking and finding various forms of love and be satisifed over and over, but it won't last. The satisfaction is short lived, in the end only God's love remains stedfast and true, unfailing, everlasting.

The truth is God's love, now and forever.

{100:5} For the LORD is good; his mercy is everlasting; and his truth endureth to all generations

We need God's love, God's truth, God's mercy.

God, heavenly Father, Lord of all in heaven and earth, please bless us and teach us your love, to be loved by You, to know love, to be loving.

Amen.