i've been moved recently; the awesome wonder of God's loving concern grips me. The idea that we matter to the Creator of the Universe astounds me.
We have sinned, yet God extends grace.
Why? Why would God would come to us, seek us out and save us?
What wondrous love is this?
The omniscient, omnipotent Creator God - the One who "created great sea creatures and every living thing that moves" - prompted the psalmist to cry, "When I consider Your heavens, the work of Your fingers, the moon and the stars, which You have ordained, what is man that You are mindful of him,and the son of man that You visit him?"
What are we?
Who are we?
We may not seem like much when we compare ourselves to the other marvels of God's creation, but Christmas reveals we are the beloved of God. We may not be like the awesome Leviathan. (At times we feel weak, powerless and incapable of pushing ahead.) But we are the object of God's affections. And God demonstrates His own love toward us, in that while we were still sinners, Christ died for us ...
...and that's worth celebrating.
Job 41:1-2
Can you draw out Leviathan with a hook,
Or snare his tongue with a line which you lower?
Can you put a reed through his nose,
Or pierce his jaw with a hook?
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