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GOD is Love

"The LORD hath appeared of old unto me, [saying], Yea, I have loved thee with an everlasting love: therefore with lovingkindness have I drawn thee." Jeremiah 31:3


 " 'GOD is love' is written upon every opening bud, upon every spire of springing grass. The lovely birds making the air vocal with their happy songs, the delicately tinted flowers in their perfection perfuming the air, the lofty trees of the forest with their rich foliage of living green- all testify to the tender, fatherly care of our GOD and to His desire to make His children happy."  - Steps to Christ, "GOD'S Love for Man"; pgs. 6,7.

 "GOD is love". I have heard it often, as well as the fact that nature greatly testifies to it. But, I must admit I never fully understood it, (and still do not) until recently. Often GOD is looked upon as a tyrant, an unmerciful and exacting judge. We know GOD is not like this, yet how often we fall for satan's lies! When we look at the tyrants and dictators of our world, it seems as if there is one common thread- they destroyed that which was beautiful. In Mao Zedong's China the very grass was plucked up! But not so with GOD! Even though we have sinned, He still gives us the beauty of nature. Even in it's blighted state as a by-product of sin, it is still a testament of a loving Creator. But more than with beautiful flowers and landscapes, He showed us His great love by sending His only Son Jesus to save us from our sins. "But GOD commendeth His love toward us, in that, while we were yet sinners, Christ died for us." Romans 8:5. And, truly, "We love Him, because He first loved us." 1 John 4:19. May we love Him more!

                                           My Saviour's love is more than words can tell.
                                           It bore the guilt on Calvary
                                           And burst the bonds of hell.
                                           It bore insult, shame, and mockery-
                                           Just to save a wretch like me.

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