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Thursday, February 19, 2009

Surprise! Im blogging again! and Im gonna do a series. Just wanna share what Dr Goh Seng Fong has blessed my church and I last sunday about our life sentence or purpose. He had a lot of points, so Im gonna share with everyone in small bits so its easier to digest!

Unconditional Love

For this section, I didn't quite fully grasp the link to the title. He spoke really fast so I must have missed something. However, I think he started with this to drive home the point that the purpose of our life starts with God and well God is love.

When we say that God is love, what do we really mean? You may hear of the term agape love to define God's love and it simply means unconditional love. This love goes far beyond our human understanding or capability - we are unable to fully comprehend its scope nor will we ever be able to give such a love to the same extent that God does. But lets try to explain it in simple terms:

It is ETERNAL and INFINITE. There is never a time that God does not love us, even before the world was created (John 17:23-24). Maybe someone will say to you that they will love you forever, but we are only mortal and our lifespan is limited. God on the other hand, has been around since the beginning of time and will continue to exist till the end of time and He loves us even before we knew Him.

It is more than a passion. It is His nature and character and it will not be changed, no matter what happens (1 John 4:19). It is not a feeling that can fade or is subjective to our behaviour.

It is with foresight (this love is definitely not blind!) He sees not only the present, but also the past and the future. Our strengths and flaws, our ups and downs. And He still loves us. (Song of Solomon 2:4). Will we still love a person if we knew how much heartache that person will bring to us? Will we still love the person the same if we knew all about their flaws?

I thank God NOTHING can separate us from His love (Romans 8:35f), not even when we ignore or deny His existence. Isn't it wonderful that the One who knows us best, also loves us the most?

Lydea blogged at 1:33 AM

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