God is CRAZY about me...
So crazy He scared and marked His ENTIRE BODY for me and for you! He did this so the WHOLE world could see Him say, "I love you this much!"
John 3:16 For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life.
This scripture continues to speak so loudly to me!
I still can not fathom the Love of God for me...
I think of the heartache God had to experience when he sent Jesus to pay for our sin! This is what I think of as I try to imagine how it was for Him.
I see God sitting in Heaven, watching His creation, knowing that He can not be with us in our sinful state that we are in.
Here with me is my Son (Jesus). It is almost as if God wanted more children. I like to parallel it to a family that has one child and they see other children with no parents, orphans. These parents, their hearts break for those children knowing what they are missing out on because they do not know the love of a Father and Mother. This family wants so much to give these children what they don't have that they sacrifice certain financial comforts and this means the children they already have do with out some things that they might like to have so that these other children can know the Love of a Father and Mother.
God gave the ultimate sacrifice so that we could Know the Love of THE FATEHR!
John 3:16.
God,
What do you want me to sacrifice in my life so that more children (lost) will know of your Love for them and join us in your Kingdom?
Romans 8:15, Ephesians 1:13.
As I continue to ponder the scripture in Isaiah 54:1-3, I am remembering when I was sharing with Suzan at the air port a few seeks ago. Suzan had asked if Bill and I had ever considered adoption. I told her how we had pursued foster care and adoptions several years ago, every time we would start down a path God would close the door. I do still have a desire for adoption but Bill and I do not have the same heart toward that. Bill says he is too old to be starting a family. My perspective on the situation is that our hearts are not the same, we don't agree. I believe adoption is not God's plan for us during this season of our lives.
For some time I have been praying for God to change one of our hearts so they are the same on this issue of having a family. I was SURE that it would be Bill's heart God would change!
NOT... While I was sharing all of this with Suzan God was revealing to me that it was my heart He was working on! Not taking away the desire but expanding it...
I told Suzan that I thought God was changing my heart and I felt like He was asking us to be LIMITLESS in our lives. If we adopted one or two children, realistically, that would limit us in how many children we could touch and share the Love of God with.
I am not in any way putting God in a box... I am listening to His Voice...and for Bill and Carolyn; He is taking us on this journey to show us what he does want from our lives.
To some this probably all sounds crazy... Well I guess it is... But God is crazy about me... He gave up having one Son so He could have many son's!!!! Romans 8:16, I John 3:1-2
God is transforming me from the inside out and yes it is painful at times but listen when I say... I AM FULFILLED IN CHRIST! Yes sometimes it is hard but when I meditate on what it meant for God to SACRIFICE the way He did for me... I am honored to walk this path with my Heavenly Father. It is like He and I have something in common in our relationship! That makes me feel like I am special to Him!
I also look at it like this:
Policemen, Firemen, Doctors, Nurses, Service men and women are considered or looked at as "Hero's" because of the work they do.... SO, how is my commitment to God's calling on my life any different?
Yes, I am crazy,
Crazy about my Savior, My God
My Jesus!
AREN'T YOU CRAZY ABOUT THE LOVE OF YOUR LIFE...
