The LORD is compassionate and gracious,
slow to anger, abounding in love.
He will not always accuse, nor will he
harbor his anger forever;
He does not treat us as our sins deserve
or repay us according to our
iniquities. For as high as
the heavens are above the earth,
so great is His love for those who fear Him;
as far as the east is from the west,
so far has He removed our transgressions from us.
As a father has compassion on his children,
so the LORD has compassion on those who fear him;
for He knows how we are formed, He
remembers that we are dust.
Psalm 103:8-14
There is nothing that any of these people have in common, except for one thing. Did you figure it out? That one and only thing that bonds us all eternally. Jesus loves all of us, every single last one. The good, the bad, old, young, rich, poor, disabled, famous, infamous, even the evil. Not one of us, regardless of our sin, is loved more than the other. Sometimes it's easy to think that our God loves us more than our enemies, but the truth is, He adores my enemy just as much as He adores me. --Hard to swallow at times. All of our sin is the same in His eyes. So while we judge with law, and righteously so, He continues to love us ALL as His own. That is hard for me to wrap my brain around. He loves the unloveable, the murderers, and adulterers. He loves the unwanted, the weak, the hurting, the addicted, the disabled. ALL of us, gay, straight, happy, sad, Republican, Democrat, Jewish, Muslim, or Christian. He created every last single one of us, and has NEVER left our sides. He hates our sin, but loves us, and His grace paid that price. The next time you are at a crowded place, look around. Jesus loves each and all those people, just as He loves you. Can you believe that? So knowing that he Loves us all more than we can fathom, don't we want to tell others about His love for them? So many people just don't know, or believe. What can I do, what can you do, to make a difference and win people to His love for them? I'm still pondering the answer to that question. I'm prayerful, and hopeful for a clear answer and a place to find it.
I will sing of the LORD's great love forever; with my mouth I will make your faithfulness known through all generations. I will declare that your love stands firm forever, that you established your faithfulness in heaven itself. Psalm 89:1-2
This is a great post. I kinda did this when we were walking at the airport and when we were sitting at Blue Man Group when they were having the audience work together to pass the paper to the front. That's a good visualization on how the WORD is passed. All it takes is that one person to stop the communication and everyone in front of them misses out because of it. Wouldn't it be nice if you could just buy a ticket to Heaven and get on the early flight from Branson? Problem is that no one would ever come back! I love you babe. Thanks for making me think about something much more important than the trivial things we worry about everyday!
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