God's Loving Touch

As a father pities his children, so
the Lord pities them that fear Him. 
Psalm 103:13

A father's love for his children is a wonderful thing... 

And I serve a God who is a loving Father. I've experienced His love, and I know it's real. He is a Father who takes pity on those who find themselves drowning in deep spiritual poverty, or who are adrift in a sea of moral destitution. Indeed, those who are desperate, who recognize their wretched condition, can call upon the Creator and obtain mercy. For God is drawn to those who are filled with genuine humility, who know that apart from Him there is neither help nor hope.

After all, He is the Almighty One. The Lord is a lover of widows and orphans. Forever merciful, He responds to the cries of a contrite heart. In the person of Jesus, in whom all the fullness of the Godhead dwells in bodily form (Colossians 2:9), He wraps His arms around repentant prodigals and carries each of them safely home in His strong but tender arms.

And it is at God's "Throne of Grace" where healing begins. Forgiveness is granted for the asking. Broken hearts are mended, and troubled minds are renewed and restored. At this Throne, lonely souls find fellowship. Here God makes His peace with sinners. Yes, He pities His fallen creation. What a wonderful God I serve!

D.B.