the Third Week after Easter
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Daily Devotionals
John Gossner's Treasury
We love him, because he first loved us. 1 John 4:19. In this was manifested the love of God toward us, because that God sent his only begotten Son into the world, that we might live through him. 1 John 4:9.
There are depths to the bottom of which we cannot fathom. The lowest depth of all is this, that God has "loved us first," and not merely loved us, but loved us so that He could love us no more; has given us so much that He could give us no more. He has given us His only begotten Son, His own perfect likeness, God from eternity and to eternity, and sent Him to distress and death for our sake. Who can fathom these depths? Here we stand as at an abyss, and worship. Best would it be for us that we throw ourselves into this abyss of love, for to that end it has opened itself for us. To search and brood is here without avail. God desires to be loved, that He may love us all the more and that we may become all the more susceptible to His infinite and bliss-giving love.
Praised be the Lord, my God,
My Bliss, my Life from heaven.
The Father’s love’s Son,
Who for mankind was given.
Who hath atoned for me
With His most precious blood.
Who giveth to my faith
The greatest heavenly good.
