Connected By Love…
John 3:16-18 (Amplified Bible)
16For God so greatly loved and dearly prized the world that He [even] gave up His only begotten (unique) Son, so that whoever believes in (trusts in, clings to, relies on) Him shall not perish (come to destruction, be lost) but have eternal (everlasting) life. 17For God did not send the Son into the world in order to judge (to reject, to condemn, to pass sentence on) the world, but that the world might find salvation and be made safe and sound through Him. 18He who believes in Him [who clings to, trusts in, relies on Him] is not judged [he who trusts in Him never comes up for judgment; for him there is no rejection, no condemnation--he incurs no damnation]; but he who does not believe (cleave to, rely on, trust in Him) is judged already [he has already been convicted and has already received his sentence] because he has not believed in and trusted in the name of the only begotten Son of God. [He is condemned for refusing to let his trust rest in Christ's name.]
As I looked over at my daughter the other day my eyes filled with tears because I realized I had no more babies and that my youngest child was now seventeen years old and looked more mature than most thirty something’s. My heart broke because I remembered the love I had for her the first time I heard her heart beat and realized she was there, my heart ached when I remembered when they told me they did not think I would carry her to term, because of complications, my heart was beating at a rapid pace when they told me my baby was in fetal distress and they need to do an emergency C-section. As all of these memories came flooding back I realized that in every one of these instances I felt an overwhelming sense of connection through love. So much so that I cried out and begged God to keep her safe through all things and to afford me a miracle if it was His will. Although I had never seen her or even heard her breathe I loved her, with a fierce and intense love that caused me to stay off my feet for eight of my nine months and to take shots for twelve weeks straight and to endure pain and discomfort, all for the love of her. As with my son the minute the doctor said you are pregnant I loved both of my children with a depth that I could never explain.
As intense as my love was and still is for my daughter and my son, through all that I endured to get them both here, it is nothing in comparison to the Love God felt and feels for us. We are His greatest creation, and He is connected to us because He loves us. He loved us so much that nothing would stop Him from trying to redeem us back into a place of fellowship and connection with Him. In His awesomeness and His wonder He created redemptions story by sending us His beloved and only begotten son to die for us. To provide us a new life a new chance to be in covenant and a new found connection with Him. The power of love can overcome obstacles and heal things thought to be unsalvageable. Love can hold us in a bond even when we really don’t want to be there. It will cause us to push through the worse of pain, just as Christ did for us, and it will even cause us to lay down our lives as God instructed Christ to do and He was obedient to do because of His undying love toward us.
Love is a wonderful thing, but more over it is a powerful element. Just as God for Christ sake used love to redeem us back, so we should be using love to connect and touch those we encounter. It is said that there is nothing stronger than love. Well Christ proved that when He hung His head and died for you and for me to connect us back to God “Our” Father! So it is your turn now, can you prove to God that truly there is nothing stringer that the love we have for Him, by doing His will and connected the lost to Him through love? Turn around is fair play, and it is all in the name of the love connection…
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