So Great a Love

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"