Grace. Grace is what we have all been saved by, but there’s been times where it’s really hard for me to give others grace. I’ve seen plenty of injustice throughout this trip. I’ve met women who have been abused by their husbands, I’ve seen drug addicts on the streets and I’ve met children who were abandoned by their parents. It makes me angry, and it’s hard for me to have mercy on these people. but God reminded me that He still loves the man who chooses alcohol over His family, and He still loves the mother who left her child. Jesus loved Judas even though He knew he was going to betray Him. He loved Peter even though He knew Peter would deny knowing Him. He loves us even though we sin over and over and over again.
He loves me even when I don’t give Him my attention. He loves us even when we search for happiness in everything else except Him, we search for a way to be whole when He’s right in front of us. And yet STILL He chooses us. He does not like the sin, but He wants us to run to Him so we can be free from it.
My point is, Is that everyone is worthy of God’s grace. Even when It’s hard for me to understand why people who have done horrible things and turn away from God deserve it. None of us really deserve God’s love, but He gives it to us anyway, He gave it to us when He sent His son down to earth to die for our behalf. He loves the people who reject Him, and everyone is worthy of the gospel no matter what we’ve done. But since I’m showing people the love of Christ, I also have to show them mercy even when it’s hard and doesn’t make any sense.
Loving people can be hard, but God’s love is unconditional and there’s no standard you have to reach in order for God to accept us, therefore I can’t expect people to reach a certain standard of perfection in order to love them. I have to love people right where they are at, and that means loving them at their worst. Because God loves me at my worst.
