So I was just reading my last blog post and it got me to thinking (I should be working on an assignment that is due tomorrow at midnight...) about some things. How did the conversation in Heaven go, as God watched Adam and Eve sin?
"Look, We knew this would happen, but here it comes. With all the good food We have given them, they just couldn't resist. And they have NO idea the devastation they just put into motion. All for some measly piece of fruit. Not cool." (God the Dad)
"I know Father, I know. But, look down at them again. Don't you just bubble over with love for them and with a burning desire to rescue them from themselves?" Jesus
"I do love them, as much as I did yesterday. I just hate to see them throw all the good stuff away, for a piece of fruit, and that is worst tasting fruit in the garden too! I made sure of that."
" But now WE have a chance to show them just how much we love them, and the lengths to which WE will go to renew them and make them holy once again. I personally can't wait to crush Satan once and for all."
"All in due time JC, all in due time. These 2 will need some clothing, let Me go about doing that. But, You know what this means now. The human race has to have a perfect and holy sacrifice in order to be reconciled to ME. The sacrifice needs to be as perfect and holy as I am, anything less is just not good enough."
"As WE knew from the moment of creation, I'm going to have to be that sacrifice. And because I love each person in all of eternity I'll do it, willingly, but when I take on human flesh I'm going to need Your presence."
"I know Jesus, and I promise I'll be there, just as WE are always here for our beloved, confused creation. Look at them, trying to hide from us, and from each other. Thinking that WE can't see them, so ashamed. I do love them."
"Yes, OUR love for them is bottomless. They will never fathom it, but it is always there."
It probably didn't go quite like that, but as God watched from above HE must felt so much love and yet aggravation at the same time, as does any parent. More than anything, history and Christ have shown just how bottomless that love is. No matter what we humans do, and how many times we do it, God still loves us and is still there for us! As I think about Christmas and the true reason Christ came I'm just filled with gratitude and humility. To think that Jesus came as a baby only to die, and that He did it for ME- I don't deserve Heaven, I don't deserve God's love, but I get it all. Love is about giving what is undeserved. Isn't love just wonderful!!!
THANK YOU LORD!!!
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