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Tuesday, September 13 2022
 “Give thanks to the LORD, because he is good, because his faithful love endures forever.” -1 Chronicles 16:34 I Love You Forever is the title of one of the best-loved children’s books of all-time. It is the tale of a mother’s persistent love that knows no bounds and is ever-present for her son. The story has a familiar ring to it for people of Christian faith. The God we encounter in the pages of the Bible is one whose faithful love endures forever. This is the true measure of God’s goodness—that God would love us no matter what; that there is nowhere we can go and nothing we can do that would cause God not to love us. Thanks be to God! There is an interesting twist at the end of that little children’s book. When the mother grows old, the once-cradled boy who has been loved unconditionally responds in gratitude. In her final days, he is the one doing the cradling--first holding his mother, then opening his heart to offer that same kind of love to his newborn daughter. So it is in the life of faith. God’s faithful love elicits our gratitude, which overflows in loving actions toward others. As the church, we are called to extend that love especially toward those who have never known it. How is gratitude for God’s faithful love to you leading you to offer yourself and your resources in sharing that love with others? __________________________________________ McKenzie, Scott and Miller, Kristine. The Journey Begins. Nashville, Tennessee: Abingdon Press, 2013.
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