Still There with Selfless Love (Lent 7, 2024)

Once Adam and Eve sinned, there was no going back to the relationship they had before sinning against God.  No longer would they see the world only in selfless terms. 

Sin’s appeal to the selfish human nature post-fall has blinded us.  We can be blinded by Satan (the “god of this age”), darkness (both spiritual and physical) and by willfully covering our own eyes out of selfish desires.  The result is we miss seeing the truth, God’s love, and His grace. We can fool ourselves into believing He’s not there because we don’t see Him, crying “Where is God?” when bad things happen.

God is still there. 

Exercise:

Ponder the baby’s game of peek-a-boo. It teaches babies that people don’t disappear just because you don’t see them.  After reading the instructions, place your hands over your eyes, analyze darkness and blindness, and whether God has changed, disappeared, or no longer abides in light just because you can’t see. Think about the circumstances of your life.  The temptations.  The failures. The sins. When you begin to wonder if God can forgive you, or when you see world today and wonder where God is, remind yourself He is still there with His selfless love.  He will work all things for your good and His glory.

Join me tomorrow to learn about the narrow road of forgiveness.

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