As a parent, there is perhaps nothing more difficult than watching your kids suffer. God the Father gave his only son, knowing full well the ending Jesus would face. His love is amazing. He loves so unselfishly.
How do you receive this love? It remains an abstract idea or just a nice concept until we encounter this love. He gives it each and every day for us.
Here’s a great thought for your prayer today: “It is always the time of hope, confidence and love. Everything passes; love remains. We will not be disappointed.”- Cardinal Carlo Maria Martini
Kathleen McCarthy talks today about why God would give his only son and challenges you to consider what you are willing to give of yourself to share the gospel.
I have nothing to lose now. I have nothing to lose but my soul and that is of utmost importance to me. It's a very personal choice but I've not seen anything that would keep me from believing or spreading this message.
God loves me. It seems like the simplest of messages, in
fact it's the basic gospel message. Why is it so hard to believe
sometimes? The reality is that we are sinners. The reality is we
mess up. Sometimes it seems like darkness surrounds
us.
The greater reality is God loves us perfectly
for who we are. He loves us no less when we sin. He loves us no more
when we do great things. The reality of God's amazing love for us in highlighted
is this Sunday's
Gospel:
For God so
loved the world that he gave his only Son, so that
everyone who believes in him might not perish but might
have eternal life. For God did not
send his Son into the world to condemn the world, but that
the world might be saved through him. Whoever
believes in him will not be condemned, but whoever
does not believe has already been condemned, because he
has not believed in the name of the only Son of God.
When we know the reality and depth of God's love for us,
this changes everything. It changes the
way we encounter God, the way we live our lives, and the way we are not afraid
to share the good news of the gospel. When someone is falling in love you can
see it. My prayer is that you will continue to fall in love with Him and that
this love will be visible to the people you encounter.
Ed Winkle
"God loves us perfectly for who we are"
ReplyDeleteUnfortunately, there are still too many people who don't love others for who they are, at the ironical risk of not being loved themselves for who they are, and it's mostly people who pretend they believe in God, the Christian or Muslim or other gods. I think people should love and care regardless of their religious beliefs instead of asking themselves who is right or wrong.
Isn't that the sad truth, Chimel. Yes I try to love and care all people but some of them make it really challenging!
ReplyDeleteMy religion just encourages me to work harder at that.
Ed