Dear SCC & Friends,
Because of God’s great love… ~Lamentations 3:22
Reflection #249
The central miracle asserted by Christians is the Incarnation. They say God became Man. Every other miracle prepares for this, or exhibits this, or results from this… ~C.S. Lewis~ The humility of God is beyond human comprehension… He made Himself of no reputation, taking the form of a bondservant, and being made in the likeness of men. ~Philip. 2:7 Why would God do this? Why come at all? Why does He care? Why does He love those who don’t love Him back? “For My thoughts are not your thoughts, neither are your ways My ways,” declares the Lord. ~Isa. 55:8 Theology can be very complicated and at times so cerebral that we miss the simple but profound truth… He loves us because He just does! That is why He came on a divine rescue mission of love and redemption… For God so loved the world, that He gave His only begotten Son, that whoever believes in Him should not perish, but have eternal life. ~John 3:16 ~Selah~
God loves each one of us as if there were only one of us to love. ~Augustine~ …But God demonstrates His own love toward us, in that while we were yet sinners, Christ died for us. ~Rom. 5:8 Why would Jesus do that? What was His motivation? What did the Lord get in return for His sacrifice? Surely our griefs He bore, and our sorrows He carried… ~Isa. 53:4 In the final analysis, all He did and all He gave was for you and me. He who counts the stars and calls them by their names is in no danger of forgetting His own children. He knows you as thoroughly as if you were the only creature He ever made or the only saint He ever loved. ~C.H. Spurgeon~ Amazing grace… amazing love… We love because He first loved us. ~1 John 4:19 It is now our place and opportunity to love the Lord with all our heart, mind, soul and strength… and to love our neighbor… He did it all… He paid a debt He did not owe. I owed a debt I could not pay. ~Anon.~ Keep up the good work!
He came for us,
Kevin