When he was at table with them, he took the bread. He blessed the bread, and broke it, and gave it to them. And their eyes were opened and they recognized him!(Luke 24:13-35)

Wednesday, December 14, 2011

Infinite Love

God’s love never ceases to amaze me.  There are plenty of verses in the Bible to remind us of God’s unfailing love for us—more than I have the time to enumerate here. (How about John 3:16?) We aren’t even worthy of the love and compassion He shows us daily.  We sin and make mistakes, fall from faith and disobey, but God still has this unconditional love for every single one of us.  It is staggering to me that God could never love us less; He can only love us more.
God’s love is so infinite it can be very hard to grasp sometimes. I came across this video recently and it moved me to tears.   Maybe you’ve heard the story about the man and his son.  The son has severe cerebral palsy and because of this he is also a quadriplegic and cannot talk.  Using advanced technology, the doctors hooked up his brain to a computer, and he was able to express to his father that his dream was to compete in marathons.  Because his father loves him so much, he made his son’s dreams come true by pushing him in a wheelchair, running behind him, in over 60 marathons and races and still continues to do so.  The son’s ultimate dream was to complete in an iron man competition, so of course the father trained for this as well. He pulled him in an inflatable boat while swimming, pushed him in a cart while biking, and pushed him in his wheel chair while running.  This is an ultimate kind of love, but doesn’t even begin to compare to God’s love for us.

God is like the father in the story in a lot of ways.  He pulls us along when we need encouragement, He carries us when we can’t carry on ourselves, and He pushes us to new limits so we can trust in Him.  He does this for us not because we deserve what He has done, but because He loves us to such a degree that we can’t even comprehend.  Let’s remind ourselves of God’s infinite love every day.

"I will praise you, Lord, for you have rescued me!"

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