Comments on: Why doesn’t God give up on us?

By: LisaNotes

LisaNotes — Sun, 27 Sep 2015 18:33:36 +0000

In reply to Sarah Donegan. You're right, Sarah: It's wonderful that we don't have to understand it to feel it! His love goes ahead of us, behind us, beside us, inside us. Too much to comprehend.

By: LisaNotes

LisaNotes — Sun, 27 Sep 2015 18:31:10 +0000

In reply to Jean Wise. Good point, Jean. He is the very air we take in every second, and we are rarely even aware of it. Just like kids are rarely aware of the sacrifices that adults make for them. And the adults love them anyway! We are blessed to be God's kids. :)

By: Sarah Donegan

Sarah Donegan — Sat, 26 Sep 2015 14:12:55 +0000

I agree. The fact that God loves us way more than we love our kids is unfathomable. I guess I don’t need to understand it to feel it!

By: Jean Wise

Jean Wise — Fri, 25 Sep 2015 22:22:43 +0000

I think it is very difficult to comprehend the love of God. It is too immense for our tiny brains and hearts to hold. We are so steeped in his love we don’t even realize it it is the air we are breathing. Thanks for “unpacking” Packer for me. I know your quotes and thoughts you have been sharing from his book has enriched my walk. Thanks

By: LisaNotes

LisaNotes — Fri, 25 Sep 2015 20:12:06 +0000

In reply to David.

Honesty is good. God often gets portrayed as the harsh one, and Jesus as the loving one, so you’re not alone in those thoughts I’m sure. But if Jesus came to show us who God is–and I believe he did–then they both are loving in my eyes. The apostle John said that “God is love,” one of my favorite verses.

We all have more work to do. 🙂

By: LisaNotes

LisaNotes — Fri, 25 Sep 2015 19:59:54 +0000

In reply to Beverley. Yes, I think that's a valid conclusion, Beverley. I'll give him the benefit of the doubt and assume that's what he really meant.

By: David

David — Fri, 25 Sep 2015 09:56:51 +0000

Dear Lisa

Well, I must have taken a wrong turning somewhere because I don’t much think of God as loving at all. All the suffering, sympathetic, loving humanity I have parcelled up into Jesus. God is the rocks in the road, the tests, the temptations, the trials and tribulations.

No doubt I have more work to do.

(Sorry to be bleak)

David

By: Beverley

Beverley — Fri, 25 Sep 2015 08:21:40 +0000

i think God is happy or content within himself no matter what, but i also know he sorrows for our sorrows too, maybe that’s what he meant?

By: LisaNotes

LisaNotes — Fri, 25 Sep 2015 01:36:40 +0000

In reply to Sheralee. This is beautiful, Sheralee: "We are the love gift of the Father to His obedient Son." I'm not sure I've thought of it in exactly this way before, so I appreciate you sharing your thought here. The gift of a spotless bride is indeed quite a treasure. No earthly father can claim to give that to his future son-in-law, yet God accomplished it for Jesus (at a great price, of course). Yes, I'm thankful too that we get to be a part of the story of redemption! You've blessed me tonight with these glorious thoughts.

By: Sheralee

Sheralee — Fri, 25 Sep 2015 01:01:15 +0000

From my studies, scripture is teaching that we are the love gift of the Father to His obedient Son. Christ was obeying His Father’s plan of redeeming the elect, whom He gives to the Son for obeying that purpose of redeeming fallen creation/creatures. What better gift could a Father give His son than a spotless bride. What display of glory to give spiritual life to the spiritually dead (regeneration), separate them from their sin (sanctification) and bring them to holiness (glorification). In other words, I have come to the understanding that the story of redemptive history is about God, and we regenerated creatures get to be a part of that. This side of heaven, how can we possibly understand the fullness of the Godhead’s love. Yet, boy oh boy do I ever want to:)