Is it possible to love her just as much as we love him?
Will he still know that we love him dearly even though this little one
will also require a lot of time and attention?
Imagine a
family of three – Mom, Dad, and little boy – becoming a family of four
upon the addition of a precious baby girl.
Okay, those
of you who know me and my family also know what I’m writing about. Our
oldest daughter, Britney, and her husband, Clint, and their son,
Lincoln, just welcomed a baby girl, Landyn Claire, born into the world
on March 30, 2020.
Do we have
enough love for one more?
We all know
the answer: Yes! A thousand times, yes!
Extended
families know the answer: we always have room for one more! Just ask
the Mitchell, Graves, Oglesby, and Sargent families. Just ask every
family. Ask every Grandpa and Grandma. Ask God’s family, the church.
There’s always room for one more. There’s plenty of love to go around!
We have the
God-given capacity to love more and more people.
This
God-given capacity to love more and more reflects the very nature of God
Himself. “Beloved, let us love one another, for love is of God; and
everyone who loves is born of God and knows God. He who does not love
does not know God, for God is love” (1 John 4:7-8).
Consider again the love of God. Reflect
deeply upon these familiar words: “For God
so loved the world, that He gave His only Son, that whoever believes in
Him should not perish but have eternal life” (John 3:16 ESV).
God loves all the people in the world, even those 353,000
babies (according to UNICEF) born every day. He wants every person to
be saved (1 Timothy 2:4) and added to His forever family (Ephesians
2:19).
The only
thing that can separate us from God and keep us out of His family is
sin. So God gave His one and only Son, Jesus, to die on the cross for
our sins (Romans 5:8), so that through Him we can have the forgiveness
of our sins and receive the gift of eternal life (Romans 6:23).
God will save, add to His family, and give eternal
life to those who place their faith
and trust in Jesus (Acts 16:30-31), turn from
their sins in repentance
(Acts 17:30-31),
confess the
name of Jesus (Romans 10:9-10), and are
baptized
(immersed) for the forgiveness of sins (Acts 2:38). Those who respond
to the great love of God in this way are “born again” into the family of
God. God will continue to cleanse from sin those who continue to walk
in the light of His Word (1 John 1:7-9).
“Boundless Love - Unending Joy
This Is My Life - It’s What I Know
I Can’t Believe That He Selected Me
Jesus, My Lord, It’s You I Owe"
-- Boundless Love by Farrell & Farrell
God always has room for one more. His
love is boundless. He wants YOU to sit at His table and live with Him
forever.
Won’t YOU accept His offer by
trusting and obeying Jesus?
-- David A. Sargent
P.S. If you have a couple of hours, I’d
be happy to show you some pictures of my new granddaughter, Landyn
Claire Mitchell, and her big brother, Lincoln!
David A. Sargent,
Minister
Church of Christ at Creekwood
1901 Schillinger Rd. S.
Mobile, Alabama 36695
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