Ephesians 2:4-5
“It’s a wonder God didn’t lose his temper and do away with the whole lot of us. Instead, immense in mercy and with an incredible love, he embraced us. He took our sin-dead lives and made us alive in Christ. He did all this on his own, with no help from us!”
“But God is so rich in mercy, and he loved us so much, that even though we were dead because of our sins, he gave us life when he raised Christ from the dead. (It is only by God’s grace that you have been saved!) For he raised us from the dead along with Christ and seated us with him in the heavenly realms because we are united with Christ Jesus.”
God hates sin, yet he embraced us when we were dirty and smudged with it from head to toe. Always he reaches out through the miasma of sin’s reek to find his own wherever they be throughout the earth. We who long for truth, beauty and redemption find he cleans us up and sets us on a new course towards living truly.
Lord, I am amazed at you. Only you fill and satisfy me with good things for both my mind and heart. I love you so! Shape me to spread the good news of you, my wonderful Lord, with all I encounter. Thank you for cleaning me up, giving me clean clothes to wear and tenderly leading me through life. There is no other god like you!