Psalm 119:137-144
English Standard Version (ESV)
We keep getting contrasting pictures of God's righteousness and our smallness, and yet despite the fact that the two seem so far apart, we have a God who reaches out, who reaches down, and loves us as his creations, as his beloved ones, as ones dear enough to him to sacrifice for. Focus not on ourselves, but rather on the love and grace that God pours out.
This leads us out. It leads us out to love as we have been loved, to serve as we have been served, to care for others in the same manner in which we have been cared for. It's easy to look down on people, to forget about people who may seem beneath us, but we need to remember how much lower we are than God, and God did not regard this distance as too great, but sought to close the gap and bring us back into right relationship. We should endeavor to close the gaps that form in our own relationships, between us and those who are dear, and between ourselves and those who may not be close to us at all, emotionally, physically or socioeconomically.
May we reach out and share the great love of God
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