Normand Thomas

136. The movement of his Love

Paul offers us a moving sentence:
“I kneel before the Father.” Ephesians, chapter 3, verse 14
We fall to our knees, we stop in our footsteps with Paul, because the Father’s Love is eternal, infinite, quite simply. We fall to our knees to lower ourselves before the length, width and depth, before the movement of his Love.
We don’t lower ourselves because we are oppressed or submissive by an overwhelming force, we do not lower ourselves because we are crushed by a proud person, by a selfish person.
We lower ourselves, because we recognize that the Father is all that we hope for, everything we dream of. It’s all there is to it. We fall to our knees to offer ourselves to God, since we are nothing without him. We recognize it.
By going inside our heart, we have a multitude of reasons to give thanks to the Father. We are amazed in front of him.
In all humility, we also lower ourselves before Jesus who has lowered himself to come into the world and lead us to eternal life. Jesus also lowered …More

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Jeffrey Ade

Always worth a quick read, and so uplifting! But actually lowering in this instance!