As the mother of multiple children, I have the distinct privilege of seeing just how unique each of them are. One could argue the hind leg off a horse, the other doesn’t ever want to grow up, the other can be sweet one moment and throw a temper tantrum the next, the other thinks he’s invincible and the other would be content to gab your ear off all day long. They each have their own set of talents, tendencies and trials. They each have their own ways of getting mommy and daddy’s attention. They each exert their will in different ways and have their own ways of showing love. On the flip side, I, as their mom, love them all, yet love them individually, with all of their particularities and gifts.
How much more so our Heavenly Father! There are billions of people on this planet, yet he has created us all so uniquely and loves us all so individually! He loves your inside and your outside, with all your shortcomings and failures, all of your abilities and talents. He loves you as deeply as a husband loves his bride and he knows you down to the last atom of your being! What amazing love!
One of my favorite songs to reflect on lately, has been “Reckless Love” by Cory Asbury. Here are few of the lyrics:
Oh, the overwhelming, never-ending reckless love of God
Oh, it chases me down, fights ’til I’m found, leaves the 99
And I couldn’t earn it
I don’t deserve it, still You give yourself away
Oh, the overwhelming, never-ending reckless love of God
There’s no shadow You won’t light up
Mountain You won’t climb up
Coming after me
There’s no wall You won’t kick down
Lie You won’t tear down
Coming after me…
Every time I hear it and sing along, it just reminds me over and over of how great God’s love is for me. How he really would “leave the 99” to come and find me if I were to go astray. There is truly nothing God wouldn’t do to show me His love, and it is the same for each and every one of us. After fully realizing this and taking it to heart, everything else seems to pale in comparison. “Vanity of vanities! All things are vanity!” our first reading proclaims. Yes, indeed. For, what else do we truly need apart from God’s love?
May we all delve deeply into the reality of God’s overwhelming love today, and thus proclaim with the Psalmist, “In every age, oh Lord, you have been our refuge.”
Daily Reading
Thursday of the Twenty-fifth Week in Ordinary Time
Reading 1 ECCL 1:2-11 Vanity of vanities, says Qoheleth, vanity of vanities! All things are vanity! What profit has man from all the labor which he toils at under the…
Saint of the Day
Saints Cosmas & Damian
Twin martyrs Cosmas & Damian, venerated 3rd century Christian physicians, faced persecution under Diocletian. Patrons of medicine.
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