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:: High’s and…LOW’S ::

“My son, do not despise the Lord’s discipline or be weary of his reproof, for the Lord reproves him whom he loves, as a father the son in whom he delights.”

-Proverbs 3: 11-12

It’s so hard not to get weary when the Lord disciplines us or to think that he doesn’t love us anymore when our world begins to fall apart; Nothing could be farther from the truth.

We see this in Proverbs 3: 11-12. It is because of God’s love that he brings us to a place of discipline to teach us and rearrange areas in are lives to look more like his. Think of The Prodigal Son parable (Luke 15: 11-32). God allowed the son in this parable to make his own decisions until he ended up so poor and desperate that he was forced to come back to his senses. And when he did, the only place he knew to go was back to his father.

“And the son said to him, ‘Father, I have sinned aginst heaven and before you. I am no longer worthy to be called your son.’ But the father said to his servants, ‘Bring quickly the best robe, and put it on him, and put a ring on his hand, and shoes on his feet. And bring the fattened calf and kill it, and let us eat and celebrate. For this my son was dead, and is alive again; he was lost, and is found.’ And they bagan to celebrate.” (Luke 15:21-24).

This boys father loved him so much that he didn’t respond in anger because of his sons poor decisions, no instead he celebrated by giving his son gifts and throwing him a party. Now ain’t that something.

God’s love is the same for us too. Sometimes he allows us to lose everything that we think matters in life (money, job, material possessions, people) in order for us to come back to our senses and realize what is most important, our relationship with Him. And when we come back home to him he runs to us in joy, greets us with a kiss, and throws us the biggest party we’ve ever seen. Not because we deserve it, but because that is how much he loves us.

Simply amazing.

13 November 2011 ·