“This is how we know what real love is: Jesus gave his life for us.” 1 John 3:16 (NCV)
It’s nice to be included. You aren’t always.
Universities exclude you if you aren’t smart enough. Businesses exclude you if you aren’t qualified enough, and, sadly, some churches exclude you if you aren’t good enough.
But though they may exclude you, Christ includes you. When asked to describe the width of his love, he stretched one hand to the right and the other to the left and had them nailed in that position so you would know he died loving you.
But isn’t there a limit? Surely there has to be an end to this love. You’d think so, wouldn’t you? But David the adulterer never found it. Paul the murderer never found it. Peter the liar never found it. When it came to life, they hit bottom. But when it came to God’s love, they never did.
By Max Lucado
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Further Reading
• One Act of Love — A Love Poem by Margaret Mullings
• May You Know the Love of God – by Roy Lessin
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