For God So Loved. Is That How I Love?
The world seems in such a mess. People are so lost. They are often sterile and uncaring, barely noticing those around them or anyone else's pain. What happened to humanity that caused her to sink so low? How can I love these people like God says I am supposed to? These folks are not easy to love. How do I look aside at who they are and what they do and love them? Then John 3:16 hits me; "For God so loved----." The world that Jesus came into was no Sunday School picnic either. People were just people then too and that's why He came. He came for those who crucified Him. He came for the empty hearts of today. We have all sinned and fall short of the Glory of God. We have all disappointed God. In some way, we have all betrayed Him. And the Bible is full of people who did those things during those times when Jesus walked on the earth. These times are not much different than the world Jesus came into and died for their sins and our sins and the sins of all