In many countries, little children
wander the dirty streets picking through the rubbish thrown in corners of
buildings and doorways, ever looking with fragile hope for something to eat or
any items of value. In wealthier places, teenagers with cell phones connected
to the world … long for an ever allusive friend to connect to, who would not
just speak words of concern but would truly care. In a darkened room sitting on the corner of
bed, a woman weeps stinging tears as the walls push in with impending misery as
her marriage breaks apart as her desperate shaking hands try to reach out for
her fleeing husband. Across the city in
a glittering building of steel and glass with windows clear and open for everyone
to see and yet no one can perceive the man contemplating the taking of his life
because possessing everything he dreamed of, is not enough to anchor his soul in the storm that rages in his search
for meaning in his existence.
There are real people who are abandoned, helpless, hopeless, neglected, forgotten and empty, yet full of discouragement, desperation, desolation and despair. Still, there is a truth that remains. There is a Heavenly Father overflowing with mercy, compassion, grace, hope and love that they don’t know of or cannot find. Still, there is a truth that remains. There is a Heavenly Father overflowing
with mercy, compassion, grace, hope and love that they don’t know of or cannot
find. His love is unwavering and without
end in the scope of being merciful (Lamentations 3:22). This Father sees the fatherless, broken and
lonely and longs to love them (Psalm 68:5). He longs for all to find Him and
the hope only He can give to anchor the soul (Hebrews 6:19).
God’s great love is lavished on His
children (1 John 3:1) not as a possession, but as a gift of comfort and
strength (2 Corinthians 1:3-7). It is to be given to others as freely as it was
given to us. If God’s love does not flow
from us, it gives evidence that He is not really in us. What would it be like,
if we were truly like God? The world
around us is waiting!
Beloved, let us love one another: for
love is of God; and every one that loveth is born of God, and knoweth God. He that loveth not knoweth not God; for God is
love. (1 John 4:7-8, KJV)
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