When I look at the cross and the sacrifice The Lord made for Me (and you) it brings to mind the vastness of The Fathers love for us.
One of my favorite songs is by Misty Edwards called Arms Wide Open. Some of the lyrics are as follows:
“‘What does love look like?’ Is the question I’ve been pondering.. I once believed that love was romance, just a chance.. I even thought love was for the lucky and the beautiful.. I once believe that love was momentary bliss, but love is more than this..”
Isn’t this the question we all are searching for in some way shape or form. We are searching for love. We try to fill it with anything we can get our hands on. Drugs, Alcohol, other people, any of these earthly desires to fill this gaping hole in our lives.
But what we don’t realize is that God gave us that hole for a reason.. To be filled with HIM!
I was 19 years old when I encountered Jesus and truly surrendered my life to him. Up until that point I had been trying to find love from a very unhealthy relationship. It took me walking in a very dark time in this relationship to see my need for The Lord.
The song continues:
“And I saw Him there, hanging in a tree, looking at me.. He was looking at me, looking at Him, staring through me.. I could not escape those beautiful eyes.. And I began to weep and weep.. He had arms wide open, a heart exposed.. Arms wide open; He was bleeding, bleeding.. Loves definition was looking at me.. Looking at Him hanging on a tree..”
This is the greatest act of love ever seen, felt or experienced. God the Father sent his son to bear the weight of all past, present and future sins of ALL humanity!
I pray on this Easter Day that we are able to rejoice in the resurrected King Jesus who is the ONLY reason we are able to have relationship with God the Father. And in that truly experience real, deep love.
