“But God demonstrates His own love toward us, that while we were yet sinners, Christ died for us.  Much more then, having now been justified by His blood, we shall be saved from the wrath of God through Him.”  (Romans 5.8-9, NASB95, emphasis added)

I think that we have lost the sense of God’s terrible aspect which in turn has limited our understanding of His infinite mercy, of His boundless love. What blessings we have missed in not knowing our Savior first as Sovereign Lord then as Abba Father.

I thank God that I was taught this truth early in my spiritual journey. More and more each day I see the  abject condition of my own heart. Some sins new, some old, some realized, some untold. More and more I need the gentle shepherd and am grateful that I am not under the judgment of the dread Lord.

I aspire to something much more that what I am, even to what I could be if I were relieved of all encumbrances. I aspire to the One who knows me best, who will, in the end, claim me by the immensity of His own grace and the power of His own acts of love. O what inexplicable joy it is to be called a child of God, to be rescued from the sure wrath to come!