God’s love endures forever. Or as The Message paraphrase says it, God’s love never quits. I love that. What a great reason for thankfulness.
Last night I watched an episode of "Glee". Don’t ask me why. Anyway, a high school student gets pregnant. The story comes out at dinner. The mother is silent and the father is livid, asking her how she could do this to him and her mother when they have loved her all these years. She cries and pleads to be held and loved by her ‘daddy’. She tells him how badly she needs him. He walks past her and tells her to leave his home. At that point I thought, what a jerk. His daughter’s not a rebel - just a confused child carrying her own child and now she loses her father.
I’m sure that this TV story has been lived out more times than I can imagine. So – please, no matter who you are or what you have ever done, or where you are at this moment, please know that your Father, God, will never stop loving you. His love will never quit. Nothing can cause him to stop loving you. He is a lover and a forgiver. He is a mender of broken hearts and broken lives. All you need do is look at the life of Jesus and you’ll see everything you ever need to know about your Father.
The moment you cry, Daddy, I need you, the Kingdom of God is yours!
So give thanks to God, as Psalm 136 says over and over again. His love never quits. Right there is the greatest reason for Thanksgiving. Enjoy your turkey, but most of all, enjoy the Father’s love for you.
Yours in Christ,
George
