Jun
28
Love ‘em All
Filed Under Devotional
There is a deep joy in seeing your child smile, laugh, and have fun. I feel so little about me at that moment. The joy comes from seeing that someone you love so deeply is safe and happy. It’s at those moments that I realize with crystal clarity that I would gladly give my life to save his. It’s also at that moment that I see how I would have absolutely no sympathy for anyone that would attempt to hurt him. I would take on the biggest, meanest, most dangerous scumbag if it meant my son would live. I don’t think I’m unusual in that regard. Most fathers feel that sense of deep love and protection for their sons.
Of course, our Heavenly Father feels that way about us, too. He gave His Son to save us.
“But when the time had fully come, God sent his Son, born of a woman, born under law, to redeem those under law, that we might receive the full rights of sons.” Galatians 4:4-5
But, we all know that. What still blows me away and constitutes love beyond my comprehension is that God loves that scumbag just as much.
“But God demonstrates his own love for us in this: While we were still sinners, Christ died for us.” Romans 5:8
He not only loves the sweet, happy boy, but the scary, angry criminal, too. If God hasn’t written those guys off, yet, we shouldn’t be giving up on anyone.