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Who is this God who loves me so much?  Why do I think I know Him yet His vastness escapes my comprehension?  With each day of living, I experience so much of His love only to discover how little I know of him.  My love for Him is so minimal in contrast to His love for me.  If love is about shared lives, I am receiving so much more than my God receives from me.  I struggle to love Him and He pours love, His love into my spirit.  I love through worship and adoration; in contrast, this is so much less than how He loves me.  When I contemplate how He loves me, I am humbled.  To be His created, to be the desire of His heart, even as a man, God’s intimacy captures me as if I was still a child.  He encourages me, how do I encourage Him; He strengthens me, how do I strengthen Him; He expends even unto death for my sake, what can give of value to Him; He speaks to me and life is transformed, what can I say to Him that transforms His being?  On and on goes the contrasting.  Maybe therein is the understanding, it is in the differences; God lives radically different than I do! Wait, there is a simple reality that I cannot ignore, God created me, created me in His image.  More than conceived, I was formed by His hands; O that I could live as to how He formed me!  God I love you, I do, but will it ever be enough, will it ever be as deep as you love me?  I think I sacrifice and then you replenish my spirit to overflowing; I follow you, then you invite me to walk alongside.  When I run ahead and Your Spirit turns me back to you…you are my Pastor, my Shepherd, if I cannot love you as you love me, help me to love people, your people, your sheep, the flock as you love me…by Grace Alone! www.hcfcc.org

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