І я тебе не осуджую, іди і більше не гріши (Йо. 8, 3).
Важливо, щоб ти справді намагався зрозуміти серце Бога. Бог не осуджує тебе і не судить, Він не хоче тебе карати. Такий образ Бога знаходимо в Старому Завіті й навіть у Новому, але це образ, який більше говорить про обмеженість наших виражальних можливостей, ніж про серце Бога. Деякі уривки Святого Письма, та й наші вчителі, навели нас на думку, що Бог сповнений любови тільки до добрих, але не до поганих. А правдою є те, що Бог — це сама любов і що Він «наказує дощеві падати як на праведників, так і на грішних».
Господи, дай мені завжди вірити, що Ти бажаєш мені тільки найліпшого.
The Joy Of The Father
All who exalt themselves will be humbled, but all who humble them- * selves will be exalted. Luke 18:14
God will never, never put anybody into pain. Never. The heart of God 6 cannot do it. But God tells us, “If you cut loose from your true self, if you leave your true home, your suffering will be very profound, because away from my love you cannot live. That’s why I want you to keep coming back to me.” That’s why the father is so happy with the son’s return. The deepest suffering of the child is being cut off from the source of his life. The father continued to offer love and life, the father was always watching and waiting, but he would never force his son to receive his love.
It’s so important that you really try to understand the heart of God. God does not condemn you, does not judge you, does not want to punish you. Those images exist in the Old Testament and even in the New Testament, but they are images that say more about the limitations of our expression than about the heart of God. From some of those readings and from our teachers we have come to think that God is only full of love for those who are good, but not for those who are bad. The truth is that God is only love and “God makes the rain to fall on the wicked as well as on the righteous.”
Lord, may I always believe that you want the very best for me.
