For I am persuaded, that neither death, nor life, nor angels, nor principalities, nor powers, nor things present, nor things to come, nor height, nor depth, nor any other creature, shall be able to separate us from the love of God, which is in Christ Jesus our Lord (Rom. 8:38, 39).
The apostle knew it. The love of God is greater than the measure of a human being's mind. It is higher, deeper, broader, than all things and all thinking; and nothing can separate us from it, ever.
A starry-eyed young woman, having written a number of poems, went to an editor and told him she wished to have her poems published in his magazine. "What are they about?" asked the editor. "All about love" was the prompt reply. "Well, what is love?" questioned the editor. "Love," said the young woman, "is gazing upon a lily pond at night, with the shimmering moonbeams, when the lilies are in full bloom, and--" "Stop, stop!" cried the editor, sternly. "You are all wrong. I'll tell you what love is. It's getting up cheerfully at 2:00 in the morning to fill the hot-water bottle for a sick child. That's real love. I'm sorry, but I don't think I can use your poems." The editor was right. Real love is doing something for somebody who needs our help no matter how hard it is for us to give it. And "God so loved."
Nothing that happens in life, not even death itself, can separate us from the love of God revealed in Christ Jesus. The inspired apostle John beheld the height, the depth, the breadth, of the Father's love toward us. Failing to find suitable language to express it, he called upon the world to behold it. "Behold, what manner of love the Father hath bestowed upon us, that we should be called the sons of God" (1 John 3:1).
"God is love" is written on every bud, on every blushing flower, on all the beauties of nature. It is written in the heart of a mother; but clearest of all, upon the cross.
MEDITATION PRAYER: "Let thy lovingkindness and thy truth continually preserve me" (Ps. 40:11).
The apostle knew it. The love of God is greater than the measure of a human being's mind. It is higher, deeper, broader, than all things and all thinking; and nothing can separate us from it, ever.
A starry-eyed young woman, having written a number of poems, went to an editor and told him she wished to have her poems published in his magazine. "What are they about?" asked the editor. "All about love" was the prompt reply. "Well, what is love?" questioned the editor. "Love," said the young woman, "is gazing upon a lily pond at night, with the shimmering moonbeams, when the lilies are in full bloom, and--" "Stop, stop!" cried the editor, sternly. "You are all wrong. I'll tell you what love is. It's getting up cheerfully at 2:00 in the morning to fill the hot-water bottle for a sick child. That's real love. I'm sorry, but I don't think I can use your poems." The editor was right. Real love is doing something for somebody who needs our help no matter how hard it is for us to give it. And "God so loved."
Nothing that happens in life, not even death itself, can separate us from the love of God revealed in Christ Jesus. The inspired apostle John beheld the height, the depth, the breadth, of the Father's love toward us. Failing to find suitable language to express it, he called upon the world to behold it. "Behold, what manner of love the Father hath bestowed upon us, that we should be called the sons of God" (1 John 3:1).
"God is love" is written on every bud, on every blushing flower, on all the beauties of nature. It is written in the heart of a mother; but clearest of all, upon the cross.
MEDITATION PRAYER: "Let thy lovingkindness and thy truth continually preserve me" (Ps. 40:11).
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