But God had mercy on me so that Christ Jesus could use me as a prime example of his great patience with even the worst sinners. Then others will realize that they, too, can believe in him and receive eternal life.

1 Timothy 1:16 NLT

There's days when we all feel the same as Paul, that we are, I am, the worst of sinners. It's not a competition, but when we look back on an action (or inaction), a choice, a thought that we've dwelt on, that thought is there: how could God love me?

"But God".

"But God had mercy on me"

Mercy is love in action.

So let's rewrite it;

But God loved me in action.

Even though he knows me, he is patient, and he loves me in action, the action that bought Jesus into the Story, that made a way of reconciliation, that gave the Spirit to indwell.

Even though he knows me, he loves me in action.

No matter what is ahead of you today, or what 2022 might hold, this is truth we can rest in.

#dearlyloved

#comeasyouare

#loveinaction