Loved Us To Death
I’m sure many of us are familiar with that phrase “love you[it,him,her] to death” and perhaps even used it or use it sometimes. I never really gave the phrase much thought. I always automatically perceived it as the receiver of the love receiving death, due to excessive love. But when I recently thought about the phrase in relation to Christ, wow, it definitely gives it a new meaning. The fact that the depths of his love would lead him to die on a cross for his enemies, me and you, is mind boggling. But more importantly it’s life changing and life giving for those who believe.
I’m thankful for many things today on Good Friday as I think about Christ’s death on the Cross. There certainly is no love that compares, no love that is greater. I’m eternally grateful that he reached out to me when I did not know him. I’m thankful for NCFC VA Campus and the people he has gathered together there. I’m thankful that a group of sinners can come together and dine together because of the love of Christ.
For while we were still weak, at the right time God died for the ungodly. For one will scarcely die for a righteous person—though perhaps for a good person one would dare even to die—but God shows his love for us in that while we were still sinners, Christ died for us. [Romans 5:6-8]
