Immeasureable Love

I love my children, they are the best part of me. If not for my children I would have self destructed long ago. Each is unique yet each shares my best characteristics. They are my underserved blessing and my joy. I would gladly give my life to protect them. Nothing is more precious to me than their lives. I would not sacrifice them to save the best person imaginable or millions innocent children. 

Now I consider the sacrifice God has made for me. His sacrifice was greater than I am willing to commit therefore his love for me must be greater; deeper than I can comprehend. The greater the love the greater the sacrifice, leading to a place of unimaginable pain and sorrow. Yet, God was willing to give his only child for my me. 

Who am I? I am far from righteous; I have spent most of my life pursuing pleasure and self gratification. Yet God sacrificed His son for me. Jesus willingly gave his life for the sinner, the scoundrel, the self involved fool. God endured tremendous pain and sorrow for his enemy, those who hate him, see no purpose for him, and deny his existence. He sacrificed His son for you. His love for you is immeasureable. Allow yourself to be loved.

 ^7-10My beloved friends, let us continue to love each other since love comes from God. Everyone who loves is born of God and experiences a relationship with God. The person who refuses to love doesn't know the first thing about God, because God is love—so you can't know him if you don't love. This is how God showed his love for us: God sent his only Son into the world so we might live through him. This is the kind of love we are talking about—not that we once upon a time loved God, but that he loved us and sent his Son as a sacrifice to clear away our sins and the damage they've done to our relationship with God.

 ^11-12My dear, dear friends, if God loved us like this, we certainly ought to love each other. No one has seen God, ever. But if we love one another, God dwells deeply within us, and his love becomes complete in us—perfect love! (1 John 4:10-12, The Message)

¹⁶ And when the scribes and Pharisees saw Him eating with the tax collectors and sinners, they said to His disciples, “How is it that He eats and drinks with tax collectors and sinners?”
¹⁷ When Jesus heard it, He said to them, “Those who are well have no need of a physician, but those who are sick. I did not come to call the righteous, but sinners, to repentance.” (Mark 2:16-17, New King James Version)