THROUGH THE BIBLE IN THREE YEARS
Recently my 21-month-old, who had just learned to say "Daddy," had been struggling with asthma and an ear infection for two weeks. He coughed and sneezed continually, and his nose ran like a faucet. Each night when I came home, he ran to meet me at the door, smiling, coughing, nose running, yelling, "Daddy! Daddy!"
I was not repulsed by his runny nose or close-range sneezes in the least (he "slimed" every shirt I own!). I love him deeply and enjoy his love for me.
I'm reminded that though I am sick with sin, God loves me deeply and desires that I run to him as a son crying, "Abba, Father."
Citation: David Slagle; Lawrenceville, Georgia
(from More Perfect Illustrations for Every Topic and Occasion Copyright © 2002 by Craig Brian Larson & Drew Zahn, English US edition © 2004 by Biblesoft with permission of Tyndale House Publishers, Inc.. All rights reserved.)
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Isa 46:4
And even to your old age I am he; and even to hoar hairs will I carry you: I have made, and I will bear; even I will carry, and will deliver you.
KJV
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Christians, God is the same ALL the time!
He "made" you.
He knew your sin.
He devised an immaculate plan whereby you could be saved.
He called you into Christ, that you might be forgiven and sealed with His eternal Spirit.
Since that time, God has always shown His affectionate care as a loving Father.
He raised you from a spiritual baby teaching you in His Holy Word.
He stood with you in every difficulty, and made you know His presence.
His children are always the object of His affection.
And, when you are "old," He will STILL BE the SAME!
You will STILL BE His "child."
The timeless God will ALWAYS be with you.
He will "bear" you up in His everlasting arms.
He will "carry" you through sickness and even death.
And, He will "deliver" you to His eternal home according to His promise.
God has promised those who surrender to Christ, "I will never leave thee, nor forsake thee.." (Heb. 13:5)
Live this day in the confidence that God, Who loves you, has "begun a good work in you," and He Himself "will peform it until the day of Jesus Christ" (Philippians 1:6).
Silently call upon Him every hour, for "He is faithful!" (Hebrews 10:23)
Love ya,
Bruce