The
thing is, we humans are most loving, most patient, most kind and
generous when we become rocked to our core by all that has been given
to us.
Romans
9:22 tells us how Creator God is even kind and generous to those who
are destined for destruction. Their rejection and denial of His
kindness is symptomatic of those who are determined to travel the
road to hell all the way to its inevitable end.
An atheist told me a couple days ago that it's arrogant for Christians to think they have something to give. In fact, there
is no truth that we could give to someone else that we don't
desperately need ourselves, or that we haven't received
ourselves. We are the most humble and gentle when we've seen that
others in need of love and mercy and patience and forgiveness are
just like us.
Unlike
atheists who hold their perceived virtue in high esteem, and who
therefore think they've “arrived,” making them impatient and
merciless (witness the atheism+ kerfuffle), Christians have been
shown their inner self, and it's not a pretty sight. We realise that
we are all sinking and sinking fast. We realise that we all need the
love that is found only from One source. And His goodness and
generosity is like a stream leading back to that Source.
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