"The LORD hath chastened me sore: but he hath not given me over unto death." (Psalms 118:18)
Going back to the title over the beginning of this Psalm, Thanksgiving is our way of expressing how thankful we are that God loves us. I was thinking about something that I said yesterday, and I should revisit my statement about why we are here in the first place; because eternal life is not the only reason we are here, it is important, yes, but it is not the only, and maybe not even the first and foremost. There was something that God needed to prove to us, something that cannot be denied: He proved how much He loves us! Of all the things that might matter, just knowing that God loves me, enough to give of Himself for me, that is enough to win my heart forever. If you have ever ran a race, or participated in anything that might test your endurance, then you know that there are levels to the pain and energy within the human body; all of which manipulate the mind and are amplified by the mind. But there is something else that takes place during the moments of discouragement and extreme fatigue, something that comes from the heart and center of our will and determination. It is described my some as some kind of an inner core, or something that comes over us; something that is triggered within us that causes us to look past the pain and to focus upon the goal. Sure, eternal life is something great to look forward to; but there is nothing that compares to the love of God! What would eternal life be without it? Isn't that why God kicked Adam and Eve out of the garden, so that they could live forever in their fallen state? No, if am pretty sure that love makes us more thankful than anything else, especially being loved by such a wonderful and amazing God...
"God showed how much he loved us by sending his one and only Son into the world so that we might have eternal life through him. This is real love -not that we loved God, but that he loved us and sent his Son as a sacrifice to take away our sins." (1 John 4:9-10) NLT
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