See what great love the Father has lavished on us, that we should be called children of God! And that is what we are! The reason the world does not know us is that it did not know him.
1 John 3:1 NIV
Children of God
This past May, six Canadian children were repatriated from detention in northeastern Syria, but at the time the whereabouts of their mother remained unclear. Lawyer Lawrence Greenspon, who was assisting the family, received a message from Global Affairs saying the children arrived safely in Montreal, where a specialized clinic is helping settle them. He recently said the children’s mother, who is from Quebec, had been denied help by Ottawa to return to Canada on security grounds.
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There is no love like the love of a parent for a child. Until a person becomes a parent, they can’t really understand this – I certainly didn’t. As I write this, today is the 40th birthday of one of my sons. Words can’t describe my love for him, or for his two brothers. If this is so for human love, how much more are we loved by our Creator? Only in Christianity is God referred to as Father, and we as His children. The apostle wrote about this in 1 John 3:1: “See what great love the Father has lavished on us, that we should be called children of God! And that is what we are! The reason the world does not know us is that it did not know him.” It is almost unimaginable that God wants this kind of relationship with us. He knows us well enough to know that our greatest longing and greatest need is to be that close to Him. It is why He sent the Lord Jesus. When we put our faith in Him, we become the children of God, and He becomes our loving Father.
These have been words from the heart.
Bob Beasley