Then God said: “Take your son Isaac, your only one, whom you love,..
God knew Abraham loves Isaac his only beloved son, yet he asked Abraham to offer Isaac to him; and Abraham did not refuse God his only beloved son
The truth is that it was God who did not refuse to give us his only Beloved Son for our own good. Abraham ended up sacrifice the ram God provided for him; but God actually did give up his only Beloved Son for us. Jesus actually became man, lived with us, shared our lot, taught us about the Father, about man, suffered, died, and rose for us.
Many will read the story of God's Love for mankind with an indifferent attitude. Many others read it with somewhat familiarity. But only those who have at least once in their life sacrificed their beloved ones or things or self will partly understand the love that God had for them. God who sacrifices himself for us will also empower us to sacrifice ourselves for others. It is not out of cruelty or vanity that God asks us to sacrifice ourselves. Rather, it is because God wants us to know how wonderful it is to love and to be loved. Sacrifice ourselves a little and we will know more of the crazy love that God has for us. How else in the world can we know love? because the only way to show our love, to grow in love, is to suffer a little, or lots more, for the one we love. Only through that test of sacrifice, or suffering out of love, that we know we really love or are loved.
So help us, Lord!
God knew Abraham loves Isaac his only beloved son, yet he asked Abraham to offer Isaac to him; and Abraham did not refuse God his only beloved son
The truth is that it was God who did not refuse to give us his only Beloved Son for our own good. Abraham ended up sacrifice the ram God provided for him; but God actually did give up his only Beloved Son for us. Jesus actually became man, lived with us, shared our lot, taught us about the Father, about man, suffered, died, and rose for us.
Many will read the story of God's Love for mankind with an indifferent attitude. Many others read it with somewhat familiarity. But only those who have at least once in their life sacrificed their beloved ones or things or self will partly understand the love that God had for them. God who sacrifices himself for us will also empower us to sacrifice ourselves for others. It is not out of cruelty or vanity that God asks us to sacrifice ourselves. Rather, it is because God wants us to know how wonderful it is to love and to be loved. Sacrifice ourselves a little and we will know more of the crazy love that God has for us. How else in the world can we know love? because the only way to show our love, to grow in love, is to suffer a little, or lots more, for the one we love. Only through that test of sacrifice, or suffering out of love, that we know we really love or are loved.
So help us, Lord!
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