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Sunday 20 August 2023

Pre-loved people

 

A sale of pre-loved goods.

I first heard that expression a few years ago. We would have called it used clothing, or second-hand things. Pre-loved is so much better. It gives the merchandise value.

We had a cracker of a sermon from Tony this morning. It should be on-line this week, hopefully, if you weren’t there (Banchory West Church). The message was basically that we are all pre-loved people. God loved us before we were even formed in the womb. He loves us unconditionally. No matter what we have, or haven’t, done.

Our task is to accept the truth of his love, receive it and respond. Not always easy since most of us feel we need to earn respect, earn love. But not with God.

We love him because he first loved us.

Like pre-loved clothes, we didn’t do anything to be loved. God just loves us: we can’t earn it, we don’t deserve it, but out of his overflowing grace and mercy and compassion, his love embraces us all.

And out of that place of love, we can live love into this often heartless world. We can lay down our lives, maybe forgoing our own plans, to be with and help those who need help. We all need help at times. And because the love of God is our power source, we don’t mind laying down our lives. It’s what we were made to do.

May the love of God power us all into this new week.

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