"God is my witness, how I long for all of you with the affection of Christ Jesus." ~ Philippians 1:8
Theologians rightly spend days and months and years, and yes, even their entire lives pondering what the Scared Scriptures mean when they attribute human-like emotions to God... So ~ when we come face to face with the enormity of the distance that "he who dwells in light inaccessible" has traversed in order to communicate with us ~ you and I should offer prayers of gratitude to God for this labor of love made on our behalf.
But as we say our prayers, let us remember that when God - through the holy men of old - bent His knee so that he might whisper in our ear, "I long for you...with affection," He was saying more than what we mean when we say these same words to the people we love... not less.
Through Advent, the Father calls us to hunger for the coming of the Son of His Love. He calls us to long for Christ. As we respond to Him this season, let us not forget that He longs even more for us!
Today's Readings: Sunday, December 10th, 2006.
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2 comments:
your blog is great Rev stephen nigeria, and thelogicaly inspiring
Hi Brother,
Thanks for your words of encouragement. It is my hope that every post on this blog draws hearts and minds to a more profound love of God.
Always in Christ,
Vaughn
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