[Discoveries] 10-12-07 Belonging

[Inspiration in Your Inbox]

/*For the sake of His great name the LORD will not reject His people, 
because the LORD was pleased to make you His own. -- 1 Samuel 12:22*/

All of us need to belong. From early on, if our families are strong, we 
gain a sense of belonging there. If not, we look elsewhere, most often 
to whatever peer group gives us some sense of identity.

Why does it please God to invite us into the warmth of His family? And 
why does He put up with our failures and shortcomings?

We have four children and I've changed a couple thousand diapers. That's 
a lot of diapers, and I don't much like dirty diapers. But, somehow, 
when I look into the eyes of my precious children, it never occurs to me 
to remember the diapers.

Acceptance. It's part of who God is. No, He doesn't like the dirty 
diapers of sin, but He changes them when He needs to, and goes back to 
embracing the children He loves.

Thank God we belong.

Be encouraged!
Dwight


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