The Lover of the unlovable
"No, Lord, not them..." There has been a truth that God has been bringing me back to over and over in the course of this past year, and it's simple: Yes, them. Let me explain. Sometimes I wonder why it is that we who are in Christ struggle to feel God's love for us... Could it be in part because we are not willing to be His hands and feet of love to the unlovable? In motherhood, I have tasted God's love in laying down my sleep, my own nourishment, my own emotional stability, and almost every other basic need, for the needs of a baby. Could it be that in laying down our lives for the people we don't want to love, we will discover more depths to God's love than we ever dreamed possible? It is our human tendency to love to a limit, but no farther. Believe me, motherhood helps me discover my own limits fast. But what if God's desire were to give us a taste of the limitlessness of His love by calling us beyond our comfort zones and set boundaries? Wha...