The Lord Loves

The LORD opens the eyes of the blind;
The LORD raises those who are bowed down;
The LORD loves the righteous.
  -- Psalm 146:8

The Sun seems to be coming up mighty early today, we must have done that artificial time-change thingy again. As far as I know, cold viruses cannot be passed via the Internet, so y'all don't have anything to worry about this morning from me. On the other hand, the Kleenex tissues have been assaulted by me all weekend long; their little wadded-up corpses piled up in the garbage cans testify to the ferocity of the battle.

So, what else to write about this morning than the love of Jesus our Lord? As we have studied the gospels, we see that the fulfillment of this verse from the psalm is our Lord Jesus. Since you and I want to be loved by Jesus, how do we become one of these righteous ones? The good news is that those are not the only ones our Lord loves, but to become righteous we believe in Him. Obedience to the letter of the law would also seem a way, but the Israelites and especially the Pharisees in our Lord's day proved that was not enough. It is an imputed righteousness from the sacrifice of our Savior on the cross that we have by faith in Him.

Faith in Him. It will seem too simple until that faith is tested!

Bucky