Finding out........... why God loves me?

It's snowing! It's snowing! ...............so I catch a snow flake and it melts in my hand. I had a quick duke / butchers (depending if you're English or not!!) before it melted and it looked nothing special, quite simple really, just a bit of white(ish) ice.



However



Look up pictures of snowflakes and you'll see every flake is different ,apparently, (for the geeks here is a web page)http://www.its.caltech.edu/~atomic/snowcrystals/faqs/faqs.htm



Hey, a snowflake is a snowflake is a snowflake to me. Its simple.



So if I told you I KNOW why God loves us.............. what would you think?



" no way! I'll never understand it's too profound and deep" or "no chance I am too ...........(fill in the blanks) He never could"



It aint that simple!



I was reading a J Piper book the other day, getting a bit bored as he banged on about the election of the Saints!!................... and he commented on a passage from Deuteronomy 7 vs 7-8. .................you know the famous passsage ?? !



" The LORD did not set His love on you nor choose you because you were more in number than any other people, for you were the least of all peoples; 8 but because the LORD loves you, and because He would keep the oath which He swore to your fathers, the LORD has brought you out with a mighty hand, and redeemed you from the house of bondage, from the hand of Pharaoh king of Egypt. " (New King James)



His conclusion was........................



'God loves us cos He loves us'............... WOW! .....................



Cue flashes of lightening...........Pete falls to the floor ..........sees Angels.........hears the Saints singing above.............dreams dreams .........has visions...........bursts into heavenly toungues...........is healed of all his memories, scars and wounds and is raptured!!



....well not really but it DID hit me in the gut and ring around my head all weekend and is still soaking into me. Yeh!



"He loves me cos He loves me"



So profound yet so simple.



I don't deserve it



I can't earn it



No matter what I think about my self , it's still true............. I may not even feel like a child of God or believe I'm not a Christian (follower of Jesus)



........................ still He loves me cos He loves me.



This is bread to my hunger and water for my thirst.



Simple eh.............like a snow flake!







And a PS.............for those who may have followed my scribblings over the past while and picked up some financial challenges..........faith journeys.........and moans
God has come thru for both a course I am studying and a short term mission trip combined with a wedding anniversary holiday.

He IS faithful.........and thanks for your prayers and thoughts.

Pete