God is love.
Such a simple statement. In reality though, love is so large, and so vast that we can't quite get the concept of God's love in comparison. 12 For now we see in a mirror, dimly, but then face to face. Now I know in part, but then I shall know just as I also am known. 1 Corithians 13:12. We only see love in different forms not realizing that they in turn reflect in whole a better view of God. What I mean is that God is not just one category of love. God's love is vast- I don't think our human minds can comprehend it in its entirety. But I think we catch glimpses of it in the relationships He has created in His reflection: love of a parent, love of a sibling, love of a friend and as a lover.
God the Father. There are many who do not know how a true father is meant to be. Whether there was no example to have or simply a father that failed to demonstrate his role as God intended- there is one who fullfills the role entirely for everyone.
A Father to the fatherless , a defender of widows, is God in his holy dwelling Psalm 68:5. A father represents a powerful facet of God and who He is. A father loves, protects, and teaches his children. The Father demostates this throughout the Bible in the story of Isreal- even claiming the nation as His children."There you saw how the Lord your God carried you, as a father carries his son, all the way you went until you reached this place." Deuteronomy 1:31
He protected the Israelites. He fought for them and He saved them multiple times throughout the Hebrew Testament. And like a good father loved them despite their failures but educated them through consequences and discipline. "For the Lord corrects those he loves, just as a father corrects a child in whom he delights." Proverbs 3:12 Called His stubborn, stiff-necked people, God dealt out what may have seemed harsh discipline- but in the larger picture (the one God can see all of) the call was to bring forth the redemption of His love completely, through the Messiah Jesus.
Jesus spoke of God as His Father- even calling Him "abba" the affectionate equivalent to daddy. Jesus tried to explain how God the Father was throughout the Bible:
-Every good and perfect gift is from above, coming down from the Father of the heavenly lights, who does not change like shifting shadows. James 1:17
-If you, then, though you are evil, know how to give good gifts to your children, how much more will your Father in heaven give good gifts to those who ask him!Matthew 7:11
-How great is the love the Father has lavished on us, that we should be called children of God!...1 John 3:1
There is so many more moments in the Bible that display how God is our Father and how He loves us. He loves us, He loves you, and He loves me. Amazingly a strong, gentle and protective Father, is just one facet, one layer of His complex desire to be in relationship with us. This will have to do for now. Another post to look at a another reflection of His love.
"Father God instruct me in Your ways that I may learn how to love like You." Amen
Such a simple statement. In reality though, love is so large, and so vast that we can't quite get the concept of God's love in comparison. 12 For now we see in a mirror, dimly, but then face to face. Now I know in part, but then I shall know just as I also am known. 1 Corithians 13:12. We only see love in different forms not realizing that they in turn reflect in whole a better view of God. What I mean is that God is not just one category of love. God's love is vast- I don't think our human minds can comprehend it in its entirety. But I think we catch glimpses of it in the relationships He has created in His reflection: love of a parent, love of a sibling, love of a friend and as a lover.
God the Father. There are many who do not know how a true father is meant to be. Whether there was no example to have or simply a father that failed to demonstrate his role as God intended- there is one who fullfills the role entirely for everyone.
A Father to the fatherless , a defender of widows, is God in his holy dwelling Psalm 68:5. A father represents a powerful facet of God and who He is. A father loves, protects, and teaches his children. The Father demostates this throughout the Bible in the story of Isreal- even claiming the nation as His children."There you saw how the Lord your God carried you, as a father carries his son, all the way you went until you reached this place." Deuteronomy 1:31
He protected the Israelites. He fought for them and He saved them multiple times throughout the Hebrew Testament. And like a good father loved them despite their failures but educated them through consequences and discipline. "For the Lord corrects those he loves, just as a father corrects a child in whom he delights." Proverbs 3:12 Called His stubborn, stiff-necked people, God dealt out what may have seemed harsh discipline- but in the larger picture (the one God can see all of) the call was to bring forth the redemption of His love completely, through the Messiah Jesus.
Jesus spoke of God as His Father- even calling Him "abba" the affectionate equivalent to daddy. Jesus tried to explain how God the Father was throughout the Bible:
-Every good and perfect gift is from above, coming down from the Father of the heavenly lights, who does not change like shifting shadows. James 1:17
-If you, then, though you are evil, know how to give good gifts to your children, how much more will your Father in heaven give good gifts to those who ask him!Matthew 7:11
-How great is the love the Father has lavished on us, that we should be called children of God!...1 John 3:1
There is so many more moments in the Bible that display how God is our Father and how He loves us. He loves us, He loves you, and He loves me. Amazingly a strong, gentle and protective Father, is just one facet, one layer of His complex desire to be in relationship with us. This will have to do for now. Another post to look at a another reflection of His love.
"Father God instruct me in Your ways that I may learn how to love like You." Amen
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