1 John 3:1
How great is the love the Father has lavished on us, that we should be called children of God! And that is what we are! The reason the world does not know us is that it did not know him.
We have some understanding as parents what manner of love Mary and Joseph had as they protected the Christ-child from King Herod. We deeply love our children. But this love was nothing to be compared with the perfect love of God that sent His Son from the perfect glories of Heaven, all He had ever known, to come for one sole purpose: death for our sin. Wow, what a love!
We cannot begin to fathom this depth of love because we seldom see it in those around us that we come into contact with. We may even find ourselves frustrated because people are so unloving sometimes. But the Scripture above says that the world does not know that love and thus we don't need to expect that love from them. What we must do is ask the Holy Spirit to give us that love, HIS LOVE, to give away to others, instead of expecting it from others.
"GOD SO LOVED THE WORLD THAT HE GAVE...."
May you recognize the deep love of our Savior and offer yourselves as vessels of that love to others this Christmas season.
Jena
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