What God can do is only a surprise to the novice on the path, of course things can happen like that!
For a while I had difficulty accepting that God should be loved first, before children, spouses, family, etc. Then I realized (after help from a friend) that God has to be first because any of the other things can be taken away too soon, but faith in God means you will see those other things again! In other words, you cannot love the gift more than the giver.
“He is no fool who gives what he cannot keep to gain that which he cannot lose.” - Jim Elliot
For a while I had difficulty accepting that God should be loved first, before children, spouses, family, etc. Then I realized (after help from a friend) that God has to be first because any of the other things can be taken away too soon, but faith in God means you will see those other things again! In other words, you cannot love the gift more than the giver.
“He is no fool who gives what he cannot keep to gain that which he cannot lose.” - Jim Elliot
Soften Your Heart (1982), Keith Green
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