The God of love
The God of love
A classmate got married today, and like most Christian weddings, the couple took the opportunity to share, through the wedding service, with all present the God who united them in love, the God whom they knew, and the God whom they hope their loved ones will come to know.
The love of God extended to humanity truly baffles us and blows our mind away. To borrow the words of the composer of the song "The love of God", which incidentally is one of my favourite song, the final stanza of the song writes ...
Could we with ink the ocean fill
And were the skies of parchment made
Were every stalk on earth a quill
And every man a scribe by trade
To write the love of God above
Would drain the ocean dry
Nor could the scroll contain the whole
Though stretched from sky to sky
O love of God, how rich and pure
How measureless and strong
It shall forevermore endure, the saints and angels' song.
It's impossible to write about the love of God, or to find any adequate expressions to describe this love. I guess if we compare the way man loves with the way God loves, the contrast would be a lot clearer ...
Something from the one of the day's guide from my spiritual retreat:-
"I put myself before God and look at the contrast ...
God, the source of life and I, a cause of death;
God, the source of love, and I, with all my petty jealousies and hatreds;
God, from whom all good gifts come, and I, with my selfish attempts to win favor
buy attention, be well thought of, and so on ..."
During this holiday, I've definitely experienced this love of God much more than before - not just knowing about Him, but knowing Him. And I hope that those who have not known this God will one day, come to know Him too - not just KNOW ABOUT Him, but KNOW HIM!
A classmate got married today, and like most Christian weddings, the couple took the opportunity to share, through the wedding service, with all present the God who united them in love, the God whom they knew, and the God whom they hope their loved ones will come to know.
The love of God extended to humanity truly baffles us and blows our mind away. To borrow the words of the composer of the song "The love of God", which incidentally is one of my favourite song, the final stanza of the song writes ...
Could we with ink the ocean fill
And were the skies of parchment made
Were every stalk on earth a quill
And every man a scribe by trade
To write the love of God above
Would drain the ocean dry
Nor could the scroll contain the whole
Though stretched from sky to sky
O love of God, how rich and pure
How measureless and strong
It shall forevermore endure, the saints and angels' song.
It's impossible to write about the love of God, or to find any adequate expressions to describe this love. I guess if we compare the way man loves with the way God loves, the contrast would be a lot clearer ...
Something from the one of the day's guide from my spiritual retreat:-
"I put myself before God and look at the contrast ...
God, the source of life and I, a cause of death;
God, the source of love, and I, with all my petty jealousies and hatreds;
God, from whom all good gifts come, and I, with my selfish attempts to win favor
buy attention, be well thought of, and so on ..."
During this holiday, I've definitely experienced this love of God much more than before - not just knowing about Him, but knowing Him. And I hope that those who have not known this God will one day, come to know Him too - not just KNOW ABOUT Him, but KNOW HIM!
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