I have been studying 1 John in small groups and from podcast with Mars Hill in Grand Rapids. Something just hit me tonight as one of my small groups studying 1 John came to a close. How can we understand the love of God? How can we ever love someone fully like God loved us. We try to put others before ourselves, which is what the book tells us is a visual display of God's love in our lives. God sent his Son. Okay, how many of us have volunteered our loved ones to be tortured and beaten. How many of us have sent our children to die. That is a whole other kind of love. Would be send our child to death if it meant another would live? I do not know if I could do that. Even if my child was willing to sacrifice him/herself. It would be the hardest thing to do.
We receive the love of Jesus who came to die for our sins, but we also receive the love of a Father who gave up his Son for us. How in our lives can we love like that?
Peace
