Other religions have "gods" who demand respect or fear. All require obedience.
But God, Jesus, actually wants to be loved. By us. Humans who can give Him nothing at all, have no offering, no strength He needs.
He wants to hang out with us. To be with us. To laugh and cry with us. To dine and rest with us. To work side by side with us.
He is the working man's God, not content to sit on some massive space throne and scorn and judge from afar, but rather came down to toil beside us to show us how to work by working, serve others as He served us, and love as He loves.
He is the One who gave of Himself FIRST. The One who did not demand our death for our sins, but chose Himself to die for them. He is the Soldier who throws Himself on the grenade of hell to save us. Like, actual hell. To ACTUALLY save us.
How can we refuse such kindness and mercy and love?
This is one of my favorite posts you've ever written. It is BEAUTIFUL.
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