the chronicles of sarnia

A good friend of mine recently said: ”God is the loving Father who lavishes good things on us.”

I want to wholeheartedly embrace that reality every second of every day.  It’s an overwhelming thought when we realize that not only does “God so love the world” but he actually LIKES the people in it!  It’s not just a heroic swoop in to save the day.  He gets a kick out of us!  We bring unspeakable joy to God’s heart.

So often it’s easy to go overboard in our mental exercises about God that we miss out on the first hand experience of these realities.  Being cut off from the emotional connection with God for the sake of theology is at best an exercise in critical thinking.  But when we taste and see that God is good, we’re not just smarter for it–we’re changed, renewed, transformed. 

Thanks friend, for that encouraging word!