God, the Creator and Sustainer of the universe,
even in His eternal power, glory and holiness,
is not a God who is beyond our reach.
He stooped down to the lowliest of the low and died the most humiliating of deaths.
From the humblest and poorest of births: a feeding trough for a crib, a stable for a shelter,
to a wandering life, "without a place to lay his head,"
to the ultimate injustice meted upon Him,
to suffering like a lamb under the hand of His oppressors,
to dying naked on a cross,
and buried in a borrowed tomb.
"Let this mind be in you which was also in Christ Jesus,
Who being God, did not consider being God something to be grasped,
But made Himself of NO REPUTATION,
and being found in human likeness,
HUMBLED himself unto death, even DEATH on a CROSS ..."
Philippians 2:5-8
God, the Creator and Sustainer of the universe stands at the door and knocks.
"Here I am, I stand at the door and knock,
If anyone hears my voice and opens the door,
I will come in and eat with him and he with me." Revelations 3:20
God knocks at our door. He will not impose His love upon us. He is asking for us to open the door.
He gives us the freedom to choose, that we might choose Him.
Without free will, love is not possible.
and suffering is inevitable in Love.
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