Thursdays Child John 1:14-17

Well, the Sturgis Motorcycle Rally is over and Thursdays Child can resume as planned. Today as we look at John 1:14 we read, "The Word became human and lived among us. He was full of unfailing love and faithfulness. We have seen His glory, the glory of the one and only Son of God." Verse 15 talks about John the Baptist again. Verse 16 talks about how we have all benefited from the blessings He has given, then 17 says Moses brought the law, unfailing love and faithfulness came through Jesus Christ. If we think about verse 16 and the countless blessings He has given to us, it's hard to comprehend sometimes. We take so many things for granted that a large percentage of world doesn't have, like food, a roof, a soft warm bed. I think about the standard answers given to the typical Thanksgiving question. But how true those answers really are. Family, health, good jobs to provide lifes necessities. These are just some of the blessings. Take a look at a sleeping, or laughing baby sometime. We won't talk about 2 o'clock feedings though. Notice how babies look at their parents, that is that unfailing love. Notice then how they look at their parents as teenagers. They still love them but they no longer have that innocence, and dependence, and in most cases are starting to become influenced by worldly values. Naturally there are things that can affect our relationship with God, but that love never leaves. It makes me wonder why Jesus couldn't have come to begin with. Probably because we had to see for ourselves that we couldn't keep the law. Just like everything else we do. We try to do it on our own, then we come running back to God to bail us out. If we could just find that connection in the heart where the love starts pushing out the world, think of the possibilities. Keep searching for it. Thanks for searching for it with me, Paul