John 15:9-11. Jesus said to his disciples, "As the Father has loved me, so I have loved you; abide in my love. If you keep my commandments, you will abide in my love, just as I have kept my Father's commandments and abide in his love. I have said these things to you so that my joy may be in you, and that your joy may be complete."
Today is my birthday. The gift I value most in life is the gift of life. It is the gift God gives us and with that gift a promise to love us, NO MATTER WHAT! I believe that I began understanding God the minute I had my first child. I sort of always believed in God, but without much real understanding. But "getting" God's love is more complicated that a simple understanding that God exists. Knowing that God is always loving us, always in the situations that concern us, always there without fail, even when we aren't thinking about Him, well, that's a beginning of understanding.
If you look in today's paper, you will see the stories of many criminals, movie stars, and atheletes, and other "sung about" hero/ines". I would like to think that you could see a story about a Christian, a believer, who loves God back. My unsung hero/ine candidate today is that person. That one who loves God. That's the only thing that matters. God takes care of the rest.
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