God had so much love in Him that He created the world. He had so much love in Him that He simply had to create to get it out! What else can one do with love, but express it? His creation was Him expressing love. I think think that the fall was Him in a way expressing His love. I know sounds weird, but bare with me as I try to explain. God created the world because He had so much love in Him, but He hated the sin that Adam and Eve fell into, so He destroyed the world. Yes, he destroyed the world and all in it because He hated the sin, but He hated the sin because it caused harm and He does not want harm for His people! It caused Adam and Eve to drift away from Him, to separate from Him and that is what He really hated. He loved them so much that He wanted them to be forever connected to them because He is right, He is good. He loved them so much that He wanted what was best for them and sin is not what is good for the world, so really I believe that it was out of love that He destroyed it. Maybe I'm wrong. I'm clearly no Bible scholar, but these are just the thoughts keeping me awake.
After the flood God made a covenant that He would never again destroy the world and that was out of great love. Of course He realized that every human would still continue to sin, but He still chose to love them...no matter their sin, no matter how deep, now matter how big He decided He would forever and always love them. God then sent His son Jesus to the world...because He loved the world...He sent His son to connect with the world and then die for the world. Oh, how great a love God must feel for everyone in order to send His son to die for us! When Jesus was nailed to the cross our sin was nailed to the cross as well..and with that there was forgiveness for our sins. No one can forgive us the way God can forgive us. No one can wash us clean and make us free! All of this because He loves us! And all other things in the Bible... the laws, the rules, all His precious words are because He loves us.
I was listening to a message early by Donald Miller and he spoke of this love. He said so many things that just grabbed a hold of my heart. He said that love does not control, but it lets go. He expressed that God does not control. Yes, He very much wants us to be close to Him, to have a relationship with us, but He does not force us. Love has nothing to do with force... God does not force us to be close to Him, to have a relationship with Him and that shows His love. He gives us a choice... He knows that not everyone wants to have a relationship with Him... He even knows that some who do have a relationship with Him will walk away. But its all our choice. Love is about letting things be, letting things go. With God we are allowed to just be who we are... we are allowed to be broken, we are allowed to be a mess, we are allowed to sin, we are allowed to come and go.
No matter how broken we are.. He still loves us.
No matter how messy we are....He still loves us.
No matter how much we sin...no matter how big or small the sin is...He still loves us.
No matter how we come...He still loves us.
No matter how we go...He still loves us.
No matter what He still loves us.
Who else loves us like that? Who else loves us that much? No one ever could and no one ever will love the way God loves. It is beautiful and so right. I cannot fathom how I ever lived without His love. Donald Miller said without God's love you cannot live. Well, to him, I say I am thankful I never have to live without that love!
Thank You for Your love. Thank You for all You did in the name of Your love.Thank You for creating... because of love.
Thank You for sending your son to die... because of love.
Thank You for the cross, for forgiving... because of love.
It is a great and beautiful thing unlike any other.
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