Pastor's Reflection for the day

The love that Jesus demonstrated during his teaching, suffering, death, and resurrection is beyond the love we experience in our human emotions and sentimentality. The love and compassion of Jesus enabled him to heal and feed thousands of people. The only requirement on the part of the healed or fed person was that their faith be strong enough to receive the divine love that was being offered. Jesus will ask us, "Do you love and trust God?" If so, God will provide our every need. The love that heals and feeds the world is not a love that can be achieved through human labor and decision. It is a love attained solely by a deep faith in God who is love (“Whoever does not love does not know God, for God is love” – 1 John 4:8). As we are able to grow in faith and move beyond self, we are healed by, fed, and then called to exemplify and share this divine love in the world unconditionally.