Giving But Not Receiving
For God So Loved The World That He Gave. Many of us who have labored in God's "Vineyard" and sought to give love away ... HIS love away ... face the same challenge that Almighty God faces, whether it be with strangers or with friends and family. If we give love way, will it be received or rejected? From God's perspective, the beauty of this is that God knew the outcome before He made the offer, and HE still made the offer anyway. Some would receive the love, and some would not. Nevertheless, He looked at the world lost in darkness and broken by sin, and before creation was ever ... well ... ever created, HE planned to love us even though we did not love Him. The plan did not involve giving a half way attempt. It involved God giving HIS all to the world. He gave up His ONLY biological son. He gave up HIS sinless Son. He gave up the perfect child to take the punishment on ...