Love of God

Sometimes God uses animal to teach us something. And I thought tonight, He uses our little pets to teach me about His divine love.

It has been a very wonderful year for us so far. We got surprises one after another. Today, we received the cage for our guinea pigs, and so we could leave them in our backyard. I thought we agree that it’s okay to leave them (it’s quite safe).

Then my wife came and told me she wanted to bring the guinea pigs inside the house, because she’s afraid the wind too strong for them. I told her tonight weather is okay, it won’t be too cold. But she told me that she won’t be able to sleep peacefully if they’re outside.

So she changed her clothes, went to the backyard, and brought the guinea pigs inside. And she told me, that’s how parents would feel when their children weren’t home at night.

One one hand, I thank God that I know my wife better tonight. She had that very loving heart, and I could trust her to take care our children really well (sometimes I told her that she pamper them too much).

On the other hand, I am amazed at God’s divine love for us. If for guinea pigs that she didn’t give birth to, but given to us, and they’re just small animals with on average 5 years old life span, and there’re no real harm really by leaving them outside and for that my wife couldn’t take it. How much more the love of God for us must be. He who made us in His image, woven us in our mothers’ womb, and had sent His Son to die for us, how much is that love?

This verse seems to me the height of His love:

But God demonstrates his own love for us in this: While we were still sinners, Christ died for us.

Romans 5:11 (NIV)

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