"Who shall separate us from the love of Christ?” Romans 8:35

I know there are times in a persons life where God gives them a chance to look back at their life as a child or as a teen or as a young adult and smile, cry, laugh, and mourn for decisions, reactions, and memories made. While driving this holiday weekend God gave me that chance to do just that. A chance to look at my life, and the things that I have done and the opportunities that God has given to me. I have to admit I had mixed emotions. I think "Why??" to so many things. Things like, "Why did He take my father away from me so young?", or "Why was I not able to do some of the things that people with more means could do?", or "Why did some of my loved ones die without ever knowing the Lord?", but the questions that brought tears to my eyes and never ever cease to move me are questions like"Why did God choose ME?", or "Why do those that love me continue to do so even after I have hurt them?"! I drove for a pretty good distance this weekend and God blessed me with thoughts of Him. I got to see the sun set and rise, and I thought that this is incredible, but this is not Gods greatest creation! I saw the fall leaves and even animals, and thought also, this is just awesome, but again, this was not His greatest feat! I saw a young couple holding hands in an old beat up station wagon and three children in the back seat and they were all singing and smiling. On the back of that station wagon, the rear hatch was rusted so bad I am sure that the bumper stickers were the only thing holding it together. One sticker read, "Too blessed to be stressed!", another read, "I love my wife!", and one more simply said, "He is coming!". I sat there trying to stay astride this vehicle amid terrible holiday traffic and I teared thinking, "THIS is His greatest creation!" This planet is NOTHING. It will die and be destroyed. Those animals will most likely not make it through hunting season. The leaves are already falling. There is one thing that will continue on forever! Love. Simply love. The love of a father for his children, which is only a picture of the love God has for us. The love of a husband for his wife, which is a picture of the love Christ has for his bride the church. It is sacrificial. It is something that is true. It is selfless. And there is nothing more powerful, or sweet as the Love of God.

The love of God is greater far
Than tongue or pen can ever tell;
It goes beyond the highest star,
And reaches to the lowest hell;
The guilty pair, bowed down with care,
God gave His Son to win;
His erring child He reconciled,
And pardoned from his sin.

O love of God, how rich and pure!
How measureless and strong!
It shall forevermore endure
The saints’ and angels’ song