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NOTHING WE DID (October 19, 2024)
Manage episode 445631852 series 2380614
Before we ever learn to speak or find some syllables of thought, we learn that how we’re loved depends on how we live.
As infants, we adapted to what brought us comfort and attention. As teens, we found affection best by mimicking what offered hope of friendship. And though we’ve grown in years and size, we still build contracts meant to bring us love. The world teaches us that love comes with conditions.
Just here the gospel shines so bright: “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” (Eph 2:4-5).
God’s care for us is not proportionate to our good thoughts or choices. He doesn’t wait for our best lives before He offers His embrace. “God sent His Son into the world not to judge the world, but to save the world through Him” (John 3:17).
And even when we get it wrong, His love won’t be deflected. We cannot earn what He so gladly gives. We cannot lose the love we never caused.
Now stay in grace. -Bill Knott
118 episoder
Manage episode 445631852 series 2380614
Before we ever learn to speak or find some syllables of thought, we learn that how we’re loved depends on how we live.
As infants, we adapted to what brought us comfort and attention. As teens, we found affection best by mimicking what offered hope of friendship. And though we’ve grown in years and size, we still build contracts meant to bring us love. The world teaches us that love comes with conditions.
Just here the gospel shines so bright: “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” (Eph 2:4-5).
God’s care for us is not proportionate to our good thoughts or choices. He doesn’t wait for our best lives before He offers His embrace. “God sent His Son into the world not to judge the world, but to save the world through Him” (John 3:17).
And even when we get it wrong, His love won’t be deflected. We cannot earn what He so gladly gives. We cannot lose the love we never caused.
Now stay in grace. -Bill Knott
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