For as high as the heavens are above the earth,so great is His love for those who fear Him;as far as the east is from the west,so far has He removed our transgressions from us.
Again I submit there is not a God of Justice and a God of Forgiveness, a Strict God and Loving God, a God of the Old Testament and a God of the New Testament. There is one God and from the beginning He was forgiving and long suffering and walking the earth with us. From the beginning when He strolled through the garden in the cool of the evening and instead of killing us on the spot made us something to wear by His own hand to ease our shame.
How do we measure His love and His forgiveness? The loveliness of a lone flower or a single sunrise that has beguiled painters and photographers who try to capture its beauty? The thousands of opportunities we're given to enrich our lives with learning at school, striving and succeeding as a team, working as part of a business, reaching out at church or contributing to the greater good of our community? Do we measure His love in the birth height and weight of our first child, the age at which they first walked or said our name or uttered the words "I love you" and meant it?
There are measures and reminders of God's love all around us. That's all this earth and each day of life and the promise of heaven is -- the measure of His love. Lord knows.
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