in death, but for the glory of God

Speaking to one of the sweet things about today, the Day He Loved Us Most. And the sweet thing spoke of asking Jesus into his heart when He was five, but how he hadn't loved God when he was 1,2,3, or 4. The wondrous one mentioned that even when he hadn't loved God yet those years, God was waiting for that day when he was five and did love Him back.

It reminds me of two families I know going through the process to adopt a child, and even though they don't yet know which sweet thing they will be picking up yet, they have these hearts bursting with love already waiting for them to appear. It reminds me of the Prodigal Son in Luke15, and one of the most wonderful details included in all the Bible: that the Father sees his long-lost son while still far away -- as if he had been waiting at the window watching for him -- and that the Father runs toward his son, love here also bursting and waiting for release.

"But God demonstrates His own love toward us, in that while we were yet sinners, Christ died for us." {Rom5:8}