God shared his love for us, and for all of his
creation, by “sharing” his Son with us. Sending
his Son to become one of us, to be born for us, to teach us and guide us, to
die for us and conquer for us, is God’s amazing love declaration to an
entire human race in dire need of the light of the Lord.
God so much loved the world that he gave his
only Son...
And the
Son of God demonstrated sacrificial love during his ministry on
earth, showing us the loving character of his Kingdom that will never end. Advent is a season that reminds us to do what
Jesus does, as we remember what he did when he ministered on earth. We are reminded
to be kind, selfless and sharing. It is
a time to practice how to love as God loved us, by giving us his most precious
gift, his only Son. Because our God is love, let us become love too.
The Gospel according to John says: “I give you a
new commandment, that you love one another. Just as I have loved you, you also
should love one another. By this everyone will know that you are my disciples,
if you have love for one another.” – John 13:34-35
During the last Advent Sunday we express our need,
even our desperate want, for God to love us in spite of whom we are and what we
became. The Child in the manger is the confirmation of the divine love of God for
his people.
It is his love and his mercy that brought us home and
made us family, sons and daughters, of our Lord too.
His is the love that reconciled us with Godself, in
Christ Jesus, our Redeemer.
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