Read: Psalm 118:1-2, 19-29
In Eugene Peterson’s “The Message” it says in this Psalm that “God’s love never quits.” When God seems far away, it is we who have moved not God. We have put layers between us and God.
God’s love is so strong and so sure that God gave Jesus to be crucified. We cannot imagine what that sacrifice was. As parents we know the love we feel for our children but can we imagine a love so strong that we would sacrifice our child.
During Lent we prepare for Jesus’ death. Without that death there can be no Easter - no resurrection. Without that death there can be no Easter - no resurrection. Without Good Friday we cannot know that God’s love never quits. The resurrection cannot happen without death..
If we skip from the parade and celebration of Palm Sunday to Resurrection Sunday without being part of the week in between, we cannot understand the full power of God’s love. We cannot understand that God’s love never quits.
Dear God, thank you for loving us with a love that never quits. Help us to know that we can call on you at any time and you are there. We know that your love is so big that it covers all of us. Thank you for hearing our prayers and giving us what we need. We pray in the name of your son, our Savior, Jesus Christ. Amen.
Donnalee Sanderson
(from 2016 Lenten Devotion)
In Eugene Peterson’s “The Message” it says in this Psalm that “God’s love never quits.” When God seems far away, it is we who have moved not God. We have put layers between us and God.
God’s love is so strong and so sure that God gave Jesus to be crucified. We cannot imagine what that sacrifice was. As parents we know the love we feel for our children but can we imagine a love so strong that we would sacrifice our child.
During Lent we prepare for Jesus’ death. Without that death there can be no Easter - no resurrection. Without that death there can be no Easter - no resurrection. Without Good Friday we cannot know that God’s love never quits. The resurrection cannot happen without death..
If we skip from the parade and celebration of Palm Sunday to Resurrection Sunday without being part of the week in between, we cannot understand the full power of God’s love. We cannot understand that God’s love never quits.
Dear God, thank you for loving us with a love that never quits. Help us to know that we can call on you at any time and you are there. We know that your love is so big that it covers all of us. Thank you for hearing our prayers and giving us what we need. We pray in the name of your son, our Savior, Jesus Christ. Amen.
Donnalee Sanderson
(from 2016 Lenten Devotion)