God is Love…

Today’s message was written by my friend, Rev. Roger Kunkel, founder of Dial Hope.

I read the book, Life at Close Quarters about a young mother who took her six-year-old son into a doctor’s crowded waiting room. As they waited their turn, the little boy began to ask her all kinds of questions: Why is the grass green? Why is the sky blue? What is water? Why do we have skin? How do birds fly? In half an hour he managed to cover almost every subject known to humankind, and to the amazement of all the others in the room, his mother had answered each question carefully and patiently.

Finally, he got around to God, and as the others listened to his relentless how’s and why’s and what’s, it was obvious that they were all wondering, “How does she stand it?” But when she answered her son’s next question, she answered theirs as well. He asked, “Why doesn’t God ever just get tired and stop?” “Because,” the mother replied after a moment of thought, “Because God is love… And love never gets tired.”

Friend of Dale hope, that is the message of the 23rd Psalm. God is love and love never gets tired. God is like a dedicated, conscientious shepherd who always takes care of the sheep. We can count on that because we can count on God! That is the good news of the 23rd Psalm. When the Lord is our shepherd, we shall not want.

Let us pray: O God, who created giraffes that glide through the jungles, and the little slugs the slither among the flowers in our gardens, we praise you for the majesty of your creation: for children and laughter, for mountains and seas, for birds, cats and dogs, for storms and sunshine and honeysuckle blossoms. We remember today those who are ill and in the hospital or are confined at home. Let your healing spirit be upon them. Through Jesus Christ. Amen