“God loved us, and through his grace he gave us a good hope and encouragement that continues for ever.” 2 Thess. 2:17
How does a Holy, Perfect, Good, All-Powerful God love? Certainly not like someone like me, a sinner plagued by selfishness and pride. We can feel the love of our God, our Savior, and sometimes can grasp part of it, but do we fully comprehend the awesome love of our Father? The clearest glimpse we can have of it is when we look at Christ, the Creator of the Universe humbling Himself to become a man and die on a cross. He is our peace; He is our righteousness; He is our hope; He is our joy; He is our Love. “And I pray that you and all God’s holy people will have the power to understand the greatness of Christ’s love- how wide and how long and how high and how deep that love is. Christ’s love is greater that anyone can ever know, but I pray that you will be able to know that love. Then you can be filled with the fullness of God.”-Eph 3:18-19 The only way someone like me, a sinner plagued by selfishness and pride, can truly love is to let the Sacrificial Lover, Jesus Christ, love through me. To let him use my full person, actions and words, tears and smiles, life and death, to love as He loved.
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