I am no scientist, but I believe that I can reduce the equations of the whole universe that is known down to one word, love. God decided to create us so he could have domination over us, but he decided to give us the choice to love Him because he wanted real love. Now God doesn't need our love, but He wants our love. God wants our love so much that he sent His son to die for us to that we could live on after death with Him and praise His name forever. God did not send a "special" human, or one of his angels, but He sent His son who was as much a part of Himself as your are to yourself.
If you think about it Lucifer falling from heaven, Adam and Eve sinning, and Jesus dying for us on the cross was all God's plan to be able to show us His love so that we would love Him by choice not because we must. I just think that it's insane to think about how God was willing to see sin enter his creation, mess it all up, see many men who were made very good die, and worst of all see His son die painfully so that He could get our love. That is an insane amount of love for us and desire for our love.
Suppose you went through what Job went through willingly so that you could show love to and get love from someone who you had complete power over and ability to destroy and recreate them. I mean a fair amount of people have said that they would die for their loved one. However, that is only one person to die for and death (if you know God) really isn't that bad.
Christ died for all people that have ever lived and took on all their sin! God is so righteous that He can't even have sin near Him! And yet He chose to take on all our sin just so that He could show His love for us and so that we could love Him.
People describe God's love as indescribable, incredible, or whatever else, but I think that there is no way that we can somehow put a word to how much God loves us. Therefore, I measure God's amount of love for us as unmeasurable. Profoundly come to partial realization of how much God loves you and your mind will be blown away. God did all of this around us for us so that we may love Him more and more each moment.
Peter, this whole post is good, but I found your second paragraph to be especially meaningful. You are right in saying that God values our love so much that He was willing to allow Himself and others to experience intense pain in order to get it. So true. You are also right in saying that His love cannot be measured.
ReplyDeleteGood post, bud. :)
Thank you Holly, I'm glad that what I write can speak some truths to you and hopefully to others that read this blog.
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