“It is so easy to say that people or things or circumstances are the reason for our trust or lack of trust, as in ‘When I get a raise, then I will be able to trust God’ or ‘If my husband doesn’t get well I’ll never trust God again.’ Instead, our love and loyalty and trust in God grow out of God’s love for us and trust in us – even when we don’t deserve it; God grace – his goodness and favor towards us – is there no matter what; that is one of the meanings of Jesus’ death and resurrection. God cares for us and believes in us, even when we have no regard for ourselves and precious little ability to help ourselves.
And so we come to God – for help, for mercy, for joy, for completeness, for meaning and guidance and wholeness and salvation – but most of all because God first cares for, and trusts, and believes in us, our Creator who made us in his own image for the joy of it; everything else is gravy.” ~ from my sermon June 29, 2014
What do you go to God for? Can God trust you?
Blessings,
Vicki+
And so we come to God – for help, for mercy, for joy, for completeness, for meaning and guidance and wholeness and salvation – but most of all because God first cares for, and trusts, and believes in us, our Creator who made us in his own image for the joy of it; everything else is gravy.” ~ from my sermon June 29, 2014
What do you go to God for? Can God trust you?
Blessings,
Vicki+
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