God's Glory Church

“We are His creation, created in Christ Jesus for good works.” — Ephesians 2:10

I saw a newborn baby for the first time when I was a child myself. Because of my ignorance, I looked in horror at the tiny and shriveled child with a bald cone-shaped head. The child’s mother was standing next to us and for some reason kept asking everyone: “Isn’t it wonderful?” I remembered the moment when I saw a video of a young father gently singing a song to his newborn daughter: “You are so beautiful!” To her doting father, this little girl was the most beautiful creature in the world.

Does God look at us the same way? In the Epistle to the Ephesians it is said that we are His “handiwork”, His masterpiece (Eph. 2:10). Aware of our own shortcomings, it can be difficult for us to accept His infinite love or to believe that we are very valuable to Him. However, God loves us not because we deserve His love (vv. 3-4); God loves us because He is love (1 John 4:8). God’s love is the love of grace, and He showed its depth when through the sacrifice of Jesus Christ He made us alive in Him who were dead in sins (Eph. 2:5, 8).

God’s love is constant. He loves the imperfect, the broken, the weak and the messy. If we fall, He is there to pick us up. We are His treasure, and very beautiful to Him.

What does it mean to know that “God is love”? How can you accept the truth about God’s infinite love for you if you don’t feel worthy of it?

Dear Father, thank you for your love for me.

By Cindy Hess Kasper