To love a worm!

(Charles Spurgeon) LISTEN to audio!

Does it not make a man glad to know, that though once his sins had provoked the Lord, they are now all blotted out--not one of them remains! Though he was once estranged from God, and far off from Him by his wicked works--yet he is made near to God by the blood of Christ!

The Lord is no longer an angry judge pursuing us with a drawn sword; but a loving Father into whose bosom we pour our sorrows, and find ease for every pang of heart.

Oh to know that God actually loves us!

I have often told you I cannot preach upon that theme, for it is a subject to muse upon in silence--a matter to sit and meditate upon.

For the Infinite to love . . .
  an insignificant creature,
    an ephemera of an hour,
      a vanishing mist!
Is this not a marvel?

For God to pity me, I can understand.
For God to condescend to have mercy upon me, I can comprehend.
But for Him to love me;
for the immaculately holy One, to love a sinner;
for the infinitely great One, to love a worm!
Oh this is the matchless miracle of miracles!

"I live by faith in the Son of God, who lovedme andgave Himself forme!" Galatians 2:20