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February 2, 1929 – March 11, 2019

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    Why do you love me?

    “The Lord did not set his affection on you and choose you because you were more numerous than other peoples, for you were the fewest of all people. But it was because the Lord loved you . . .” (Deuteronomy 7:7,8)

    ‘Why do you love me?’ Requiring repeated assurances, a girl prompts her sweetheart. She never tires of hearing him list her many attractions. In this she is not unique. In relationships, both sexes assume that personal qualities of their own have won the interest and affection of their opposite. It is natural to assume that the same dynamic applies in divine/human relations. It does not. God does not take up with us because we caught his eye; because we impressed him somehow. He is our God and we are his people for no other reason than that he loved us. The cause of our experience of God lies in God, and nowhere else.

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    "Remember this: Whoever sows sparingly will also reap sparingly, and whoever sows generously wi

    “But the Lord was gracious to them and had compassion and showed concern for them because of the cov

    " . . .So we too have put our faith in Christ Jesus that we may be justified by faith in Christ

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