To a young Christian who kept bemoaning his failures and lack of
spiritual growth, and wondering how God could love him, a more mature
believer responded substantially as follows:
“When I leave here and return to my home I will pick up my
little baby girl and put her on my knee. Tired as I am, I will dandle
her on my knee and, somehow, looking into that darling face and those
pretty blue eyes, I will soon feel rested and refreshed.
“This is strange, in a way, for she does not love me. She
doesn’t even know what love is.
“She doesn’t appreciate my problems and has no sympathy for
me. My heart can be burdened with grief or filled with anxiety, and
my mind vexed with difficult problems, but she doesn’t even know or
care. She just keeps gurgling and giggling at the attention I lavish
upon her.
“She doesn’t contribute one cent toward the needs of our
family; indeed, she costs me a great deal of money and will for years
to come. Yet I love that child more than I can say. There is no
sacrifice I would not make for her; no good thing I would not gladly
give her.”
Such is the grace of God toward us, His children. It does not
depend upon our faithfulness to Him or our appreciation of His love
to us. He loves us with an unspeakable love and keeps lavishing upon
us “the riches of His grace” simply because we are His children
in Christ, the Beloved One. And strangely, is it not precisely this
fact that proves to be our greatest incentive to give ourselves to
Him in loving service and
Les Feldick All Day Seminar From Tulsa, Oklahoma
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Les Feldick All Day Seminar From Tulsa, Oklahoma
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