Thursday, August 27
GOD IS LOVE
John
3:16-21
“We love
him because he loved us first.”
1 John 4:19
Everyone likes to repeat this phrase: God is
love. But perhaps we don’t understand its true meaning. It’s deeper.
God loves not because he finds objects worthy of
his love, rather because love is his nature. His love for us doesn’t depend on
what we are, but on what he is. He loves us because he’s that manner of God –
he is love – shown on the occasion in which he sent his only Son into the world
to give us life. It’s divine love which Christ demonstrated in his sacrificial
work.
When we see and understand that God loves in this
way, we should likewise love one another as well.
A traditional hymn expresses it thus:
The Pastor loves his sheep
with a paternal love.
The Pastor loves his flock
with a love without equal.
The Pastor loves the others
who have lost their way,
and greatly moved he seeks them
wherever they may stray.
Prayer: My God, I give you infinite thanks because you loved me first and
unconditionally. Amen.
Translated by John Walter
DIOS
ES AMOR
Juan 3:16-21
“Nosotros lo amamos a él, porque él nos amó primero”
1 Juan 4:19
A
todos nos gusta repetir esta frase: Dios es amor, pero quizás, no todos conozcamos
su verdadero significado. Este es más profundo.
Dios
ama, no porque encuentra objetos merecedores de su amor, sino porque el amar es
su naturaleza. Su amor por nosotros no depende de lo que somos, sino de lo que
él es. Nos ama porque es esa clase de Dios, es amor, mostrada en la ocasión en
que Dios envió a su Hijo unigénito al mundo para darnos vida, es el amor divino
que Cristo demostró en su obra propiciatoria.
Cuando
vemos y comprendemos que Dios ama de esa manera, también nosotros debemos amarnos
unos a los otros.
Un himno tradicional lo
expresa así:
Ama el Pastor sus ovejas
con un amor paternal.
Ama el Pastor su rebaño
con un amor sin igual.
Ama el Pastor a las otras
que descarriadas están,
y conmovido las busca
por dondequiera que van.
Oración: Dios mío, infinitas gracias
te doy porque tú me amaste primero e incondicionalmente. Amén.
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