And Still He Loves You!

"And He Still Loves You..."

Scripture Reading:
Romans 5:8(HCSB) But God proves His own love for us in that while we were still sinners, Christ died for us!

Devotional Reading:

In Eastern Montana, a family of illegals struggled to make ends meet. They never seemed to have enough to go around, but one year they planted at just the right time, the rains were plentiful, and the market conditions were right. After they gave the landowner his share, they paid their bills and had a little bit left over. They decided to buy one thing the entire family could enjoy, and after shopping through the mercantile catalog, they selected something they’d never owned before: a mirror. When it arrived, the husband, wife and children gathered round, and unwrapped it together. The wife looked in it first, and then the husband. Each child took a turn, down to the youngest named Guillermo…a small, deformed child whose mouth was misshapen and scarred. He stood before the mirror a long time before he turned to his mother. “Did you always know I looked like this…different from the others?” She said, “Yes, Willie.” He said, “Momma, you mean I always looked like this, and you loved me anyway?” She said, “Yes, Willie. I love you because you are mine. You belong to me.” Isn’t it a relief to know God has always known us, with our shortcomings, our flaws and sinful ways, and He loves us anyway? We were sinners when Christ died for us…not “cleaned up saints.” He loves us because He gave His Son to die for us.

Keep the Son in your eyes,

Pastor Ben J Lahay

Galatians 2:20