Thoughts on the Love of God and the elderly after reading Max Lucado's book, ' He chose the Nails'.
Have been reading Max Lucado’s book, ’ He chose the Nails’.
It speaks of the gifts of the cross of Jesus Christ and speaks primarily about the infinite depths of God’s Love expressed in the life and especially the death of Jesus, God’s only begotten Son who shows us the Father’s compassionate heart towards mankind. John 3: 16 NT Bible Scripture.
In one part, Max Lucado commented that Jesus said that we must trust the Heavenly Father, as little children, before we can see the Kingdom of God & enter it. A thought came to me. Having seen elderly people with dementia & alcheimer’s disease and observed the changes the aging of ones you love can have, maybe, sometimes even this ‘second childhood’ can be a time when God can use His loving Voice to those who have become like ‘little children’ words of comfort and forgiveness & love.
Perhaps those wayward all their lives … the Father still calls. Jesus has paid for your sins & will forgive & receive you.
Perhaps those who are filled with fear from traumatised lives. Jesus calms, comforts with His great love. He knows suffering too.
Perhaps those who have been too intellectual all their lives to consider God’s existence, in becoming ‘as little children’ perhaps they maybe ready for a greater knowledge…
Just some thoughts …
God bless, Kind regards to everyone
Bron
picketty
funny I was thinking about the same saying of Jesus only last night. It came to me that those little children he was immmediately referring to were clamouring to get more of Him. Are we like that or are we keeping Him in a box for Sundays and emergencies???
trisha22
Don’t you just love Max Lucado’s books. Especially “He Chose The Nails” That book as all his others, always make me see things in such a different or deeper way. He has such a talent with words.
I have thought a lot about that scripture referring to “as little children” One thing I have always believed is that God wants us to come to him as a little child would come to his father. Expecting him to hear, expecting him to hold us in his hand, and expecting him to fix whatever that problem is. It is so different when a little child comes to you, all humble and innocent. We lose a lot of innocense as we go through all that horrible stuff that happens in our lives as we grow up. We have to turn around and keep giving him this and this and this; in order to stay in expectation of his total care. A child is in so much need of a Mother and/or a father. As we are in so much need of a Loving Father. Just a little thought. God Bless