FW: Boundless Love

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Boundless Love

Is it possible to love her just as much as we love him? Will he still know
that we love him dearly even though this little one will also require a lot
of time and attention?

Imagine a family of three - Mom, Dad, and little boy - becoming a family of
four upon the addition of a precious baby girl.

Okay, those of you who know me and my family also know what I'm writing
about. Our oldest daughter, Britney, and her husband, Clint, and their son,
Lincoln, just welcomed a baby girl, Landyn Claire, born into the world on
March 30, 2020.

Do we have enough love for one more?

We all know the answer: Yes! A thousand times, yes!

Extended families know the answer: we always have room for one more! Just
ask the Mitchell, Graves, Oglesby, and Sargent families. Just ask every
family. Ask every Grandpa and Grandma. Ask God's family, the church.
There's always room for one more. There's plenty of love to go around!

We have the God-given capacity to love more and more people.

This God-given capacity to love more and more reflects the very nature of
God Himself. "Beloved, let us love one another, for love is of God; and
everyone who loves is born of God and knows God. He who does not love does
not know God, for God is love" (1 John 4:7-8).

Consider again the love of God. Reflect deeply upon these familiar words:
"For God so loved the world, that He gave His only Son, that whoever
believes in Him should not perish but have eternal life" (John 3:16 ESV).

God loves all the people in the world, even those 353,000 babies (according
to UNICEF) born every day. He wants every person to be saved (1 Timothy
2:4) and added to His forever family (Ephesians 2:19).

The only thing that can separate us from God and keep us out of His family
is sin. So God gave His one and only Son, Jesus, to die on the cross for
our sins (Romans 5:8), so that through Him we can have the forgiveness of
our sins and receive the gift of eternal life (Romans 6:23).

God will save, add to His family, and give eternal life to those who place
their faith and trust in Jesus (Acts 16:30-31), turn from their sins in
repentance (Acts 17:30-31), confess the name of Jesus (Romans 10:9-10), and
are baptized (immersed) for the forgiveness of sins (Acts 2:38). Those who
respond to the great love of God in this way are "born again" into the
family of God. God will continue to cleanse from sin those who continue to
walk in the light of His Word (1 John 1:7-9).

"Boundless Love - Unending Joy
This Is My Life - It's What I Know
I Can't Believe That He Selected Me
Jesus, My Lord, It's You I Owe"
-- Boundless Love by Farrell & Farrell

God always has room for one more. His love is boundless. He wants YOU to
sit at His table and live with Him forever.

Won't YOU accept His offer by trusting and obeying Jesus?

-- David A. Sargent

P.S. If you have a couple of hours, I'd be happy to show you some pictures
of my new granddaughter, Landyn Claire Mitchell, and her big brother,
Lincoln!