So this morning I’m waiting and wondering what it will be like when I meet my second child in a few days.  I have a five-year-old, and I’m completely smitten with him.  I never knew how deeply I could adore a little one.  Emily and I have given and will give our all for our children, under the shadow of the cross.

I can’t even begin to imagine the love that God has for His creation.  This Easter season, maybe we can ponder the height and depth of His love for us; He who would give His son, His love to suffer for us.  What does it mean for us to believe that He’d give so much for us, so that we might be with Him?  It means that we’re loved.  It means that we’re made Holy.  It means that we are accepted.  It means that there is a transformational truth that delivers us beyond this present state.  It means that our faith connects us to Glory.  It means that we can trust in deliverance.  It means that we can live.

16 For God so loved the world that he gave his one and only Son, that whoever believes in him shall not perish but have eternal life. John 3:16

Jesus Christ came as the incarnate love of the Father.  He came to help us to know the truth of God’s affection for us.  He came to suffer and die so that we might believe in His grace and His mercy.  He came and died so that we might have hope.  He hurt, he bled, and he died so that we might have faith.  He rose from that tomb because He is our Lord.  God’s love is alive in Him today.  Amen.

7 During the days of Jesus’ life on earth, he offered up prayers and petitions with fervent cries and tears to the one who could save him from death, and he was heard because of his reverent submission. 8 Son though he was, he learned obedience from what he suffered 9 and, once made perfect, he became the source of eternal salvation for all who obey him.  Hebrews 5:7-9

{Blog by Heath Ferguson}