"This is what the Lord says: "I remember the loyalty of your youth, your love as a bride --- how you followed Me in the wilderness, in a land not sown."" Jeremiah 2:2 Even when our hearts grow cold toward God and our devotion to Him weakens, His love remains steadfast. We may forget God, but He remembers us. God was concerned because the people of Judah had allowed their hearts to drift far from Him. In a powerful moment, God shared His heart with His people, recalling what it was like when they first began loving Him. He remembered how they had loved Him, as a new bride loves her husband, with excitement and enthusiasm for the future. He recalled the kindness they had expressed as they willingly followed Him whenever He led them. God reminded them of the love they once had for Him, so that the memory might rekindle feelings of devotion and their hearts might return to Him. If you do not guard your heart, you will grow cold in your love for Christ. A time may come when He approaches you and reminds you what your relationship was once like. Do you recollect the joy that permeated your life when you first became a Christian? Do you remember the thrill you experienced each time you came to understand a new dimension of His nature? You may not realize how far you have drifted from God until you contrast the love you are expressing to Him now with that of earlier days. God has not changed. He is the same Person you gave your heart to when you become a Christian ( Mal. 3:6-7). If you love for God is not as intense as it once was, return to Him. He will restore the intimate fellowship you once shared with Him. "Experiencing God day by day devotional" By Henry and Richard Blackaby

It's been starting to happen when i was late 17 and after I turned 18 (oct 7). Up until as of recent, this never really happened as much as it does now. My life is still pretty normal, so it hasn't done too much damage, but it's still a bad thing. I just wanted to get this testimony out to place it here.

For this week’s post, I had a different idea for my end-of-week testimony, but God compelled me to write this short message because I trust someone out there is feeling the same way. This week, I was really focused on coming up with ideas for a potential sci-fi Christian short story. I don’t want to get too in-depth. Still, there were so many ideas and concepts that I came up with that they ended up paralyzing me from actually writing my passage because I felt like my first draft had to be a “masterpiece" on the first try — exactly in the way I envisioned it. Because of my perfectionism, it ended up giving me a literal headache when I actually garnered the courage to write this story out — causing me to feel discouraged, defeated, and weary. Even in this weakened state, I still felt God trying to tell me something, so —in the crowded area I was in— I bowed my head and spoke with Him. As I was speaking with God, I mentally felt His Holy Spirit giving me one command: look up. I opened my eyes obligingly and saw a guy with a black hoodie; on the hoodie— if I remember correctly— there was a picture of a white dove on the back of the guy’s hoodie, with the top of the hoodie saying Psalm 56:3, where David —to God— says, “But when I am afraid, I will put my trust in you.” If this message came upon your screen, I believe that you should take it as a reminder not to get so caught up in your fears that you end up forgetting about who you’re magnifying. That was my mistake while I was writing my short story — I forgot that we weren’t called to please the world with our eloquence, well-articulated sentences, and deep thinking; we were made to glorify the Lord in all that we do. (1 Thessalonians 4:1) God sees fear as a sign of unfaithfulness since you’re trusting in your made-up outcomes more than you trust Him; Jesus even said in the Bible, “And if God cares so wonderfully for wildflowers that are here today and thrown into the fire tomorrow, he will certainly care for you. Why do you have so little faith?”