I've often heard the phrase "good news", but I've never really spent the time to contemplate all the meaning it contains. Maybe I've become a little too familiar with it, have said it, and have thought about it too superficially.
It seems that much of what God reveals is at once simple and easily understood--at least on the surface. Because of the very simplicity of the words we almost instantly, at least intellectually, "get it." I suppose that's what God intended--that we would be able to comprehend Him and His goodness.
I think what we fail to appreciate, and sometimes miss altogether, is that we must go beyond knowing--to loving! We must exercise not just our intellect that resides in our mind, but also our "will" that resides in our heart. We must not only know; we must respond to what we have seen and what we have heard. We must be grateful, loving, humble, and obedient.
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