One of my roommates was telling me the other day that, oddly enough, she feels most loved by her boyfriend when he is having a rough day or is in a bad mood. Ironic? Yes. But let me explain; it is the times when he is feeling down or just not up to par, but still chooses to focus on her or ask how her day has been... that she knows he loves her. Or, similarly, when he brings up something she needs to work on, when she has done something against him, or when she just needs forgiveness... and he still can't help but gaze at her or help her out or hold her tight... it's the times when love or kindness is most undeserved and unexpected, but yet he shows it anyways that she knows she is most loved.
"While we were still sinners, Christ died for us." Romans 5:8b
And that's exactly where Christ finds me. When I was most despicable, when I was in the worst mood, when I was most turned away from God and deserved to just be ignored... THAT was when God chose to see me as blameless and pure. That was the moment He stepped down and offered His Son so that He could forgive me. That was the day when kindness was most undeserved and unexpected, and yet your love shone its brightest. I was absolutely despicable. But you gazed on me in love and died for me. That's the day that true love died...
"Like the rest, we were by nature objects of wrath. But because of his great love for us, God, who is rich in mercy, made us alive with Christ even when we were dead in transgressions - it is by grace you have been saved." - Ephesians 2:3-5And now I gaze at the empty cross and though I am despicable, covered in sin, and needing forgiveness, I stand forgiven, pure, and blameless. I KNOW I am most loved.
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Thanks for those ministering words. You always make such a striking comparison of our feelings of inadequacy, and His perfect love!
Aw, I like this blog. Praise God for his amazing love and grace!
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