This past Sunday we read about the encounter Jesus had with the two thieves on the cross. One man ridiculed Jesus, the other asked to be remembered by Jesus. The response Jesus gave to the second mas was, "I tell you the truth, today you will be with me in paradise." (Luke 23:35-43)
The truth is that even though this thief had only moments of his life left when he turned to Jesus, he had just as much grace extended to him as we do. This is the beauty of grace. We don’t earn God’s love or our salvation. Someone who has served Jesus as a missionary in Africa for 50 years is given the same grace and salvation as the thief on the cross who knew Jesus for a few moments. Clearly life spent following Jesus is better than a life spent running from him. Yet, we don’t get any more or less of His love based on what we do. God already loves us to the fullest.
How does that reality make you feel?
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