So, I ran across a sentence that has me thinking. All about how much God loves us.
He even reins in the intensity of his love so he does not overwhelm us. (PK devotional for Feb. 2)
I’m not sure that God’s love ever diminishes. Romans 8 tells us that nothing can separate us from his love (for those who are Christians). At other points in the Old Testament, God declares “war” on those who are not following him, but at the same time is open to work with them if they repent.
I imagine that we can establish the matter that God loves us with a depth we do not understand. I suppose the idea of that revelation is certainly unknown to us in it’s depth. We are people who have been accustomed to disappointment from those we love. We disappoint those we love. A purity of love and an ability to love beyond disappointment is hard to fathom.
Would I be overwhelmed by that love? I wonder.
To take in a whole landscape is difficult. To pinpoint one aspect is usually where we begin. That aspect may be highlighted by afternoon light. That does not mean the larger canvas is not in view. The problem is that we cannot concentrate on the large picture – we tend to be able to process only a little bit at a time.
In the end, perhaps God does highlight a portion of his love to us at one time. When Jesus walked this earth, He was all God. But the disciples only got to know him gradually. When we gaze on God, there is no part of God that is missing – perhaps just parts that we see more clearly at the time???