God Loves Us: 08/27/10

What is the most important message of the Bible?

What is the most important message of the Bible?
Answer: that God loves us.

The Bible has many messages that are important to us, but the most important of these is that He loves us. Just trying to get our heads around that unconditional, incredible love is a good starting point to trying to understand the Bible as a whole. God's love, in short, really is mindboggling! How many fathers would sacrifice their sons, especially if that son were perfect? And that is just one example of His love.

We think that because we are x or because we are y, God loves us less than other people. No! God loves everyone the same. Don't forget that Jesus said: "I have come not to call the righteous but to call sinners." (Matthew 9:13). It is by His grace that He loves us and not because we are worthy of His love.

So when you feel weak and unworthy, take His strength and His worth and start your day!
- H Pugh. 22/06/10

venerdì 27 agosto 2010

God loves us, He is our mother too!

Mother Julian of Norwich (c.1342-c.1413) was an early mystic, famous for her writings, particularly the Sixteen Revelations of Divine Love. She lived as a religious recluse outside the church of St Julian in Norwich.
Here are some of her famous sayings:

- Our Saviour is our true Mother in whom we are endlessly born.

- All shall be well, and all shall be well, and all manner of things shall be well.

- If there is anywhere on earth a lover of God who is always kept safe, I know nothing of it, for it was not shown to me. But this was shown: that in falling and rising again we are always kept in that same precious love.

- The greatest honour we can give Almighty God is to live gladly because of the knowledge of his love.