August 17, 2022

“Even if my father and mother abandon me, the LORD cares for me.” (Psalm 27:10)

I just met an incredibly sweet German Shepherd/Coon Dog 10 month old puppy named Lennie. He is calm, gentle with people, kind to other dogs. When he was born, his mother rejected him and his siblings. So, Lennie was lovingly bottle fed by his owner.

On the one hand, God’s love for you doesn’t magically undo the absence of human love. But on the other hand, His love for you fills every empty corner of your heart and soul.

As Bob Dylan sings, “I'd go hungry, I'd go black and blue / I'd go crawling down the avenue / No, there's nothing that I wouldn't do / To make you feel my love.” The cross proves that there is nothing God wouldn’t do or hasn’t done for you.

Today, I pray that you will feel His love.

“O God, who wonderfully created, and yet more wonderfully restored, the dignity of human nature: Grant that we mayshare the divine life of him who humbled himself to share our humanity, your Son Jesus Christ; who lives and reigns with you, in the unity of the Holy Spirit, one God, for ever and ever. Amen.” (Second Sunday After Christmas – BCP)