The Psalmist in Psalm 124 tells us several times that if it hadn't been for the Lord, then life would have been quite awful. God often goes well beyond the scale that we find to be normal in the way that He deals with us.
We are on a Pilgrimage and Jesus is our Guide. Many of Jesus' stories are recounted in the four Gospels. Two of them (the Good Samaritan (Luke 10) and the Prodigal Son (Luke 15)) remind us that God doesn't stick to our measurement of giving love and showing compassion, but goes well beyond what we might consider normal or just enough. He showed this in action when He died for us.
Can we too cast off the constraints of what most people do and follow what God does, showing love and friendship in a generous and undeserving way? Let's take beauty to situations that aren't beautiful.
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