Praise the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who has
blessed us in Christ with every spiritual blessing in the heavens. For He chose us in Him, before the foundation
of the world, to be holy and blameless in His sight. In love He predestined us
to be adopted through Jesus Christ for Himself, according to His favor and
will, to the praise of His glorious grace that He favored us with in the
Beloved. ~~Ephesians 1:3-6
It will never cease
to amaze me that the God of the Universe and the maker of all things could look
at me, see me for who I really am, and want to be with me. There is simply no
earthly comparison for a love that vast. When we as humans love, we always love
without seeing all. We can never totally realize all of a persons weaknesses and
sin, but God looked down and saw humans in total rebellion with no desire for
Him and had a desire and love for us. He saw a people so drawn to their own
selfish ambitions and was drawn to them.
What then can we do
to deserve this love? Nothing. Try as we may, we can never earn what has been
freely given to us. We can, however, surrender our lives to His will and
strive, with everything we have, to be like Him.
"I once was lost in darkest night
Yet thought I knew the way
The sin that promised joy and life
Had led me to the grave
I had no hope that You would own
A rebel to Your will
And if You had not loved me first
I would refuse You still
But as I ran my hell-bound race
Indifferent to the cost
You looked upon my helpless state
And led me to the cross
And I beheld God’s love displayed
You suffered in my place
You bore the wrath reserved for me
Now all I know is grace
Hallelujah! All I have is Christ
Hallelujah! Jesus is my life"
