We're All Related!

We Are Family :)

 

Did you know we are all related?  You're at least 50th cousins with EVERYONE on earth! Watching the above video, I could not help but think about the implications of this for us as a family of believers. (I love this guy's videos, by the way. They are all educational and mostly kid-friendly- a break from the norm on YouTube.)

 

 

Sunday's message for children in the Connection service was about God's love. Does God only love us when we are good? If so, we are ALL in trouble, since Jesus has been the only perfect person.  Romans 3:10-12 tells us that:

"There is no one righteous, not even one; there is no one who understands; there is no one who seeks God. All have turned away, they have together become worthless; there is no one who does good,
not even one.”
 
Sounds pretty inclusive, using "all" and "no one" so much!

Thankfully God loves us no matter what, even when He's not happy with our behavior.  To me, that is awesome, that God knows everything I have ever done, said, or thought, and loves me anyway.  If He can forgive me even when I have a hard time forgiving myself, that's incredible grace!

Receiving that gift of grace, though, comes with a catch- we gotta pass it on. We can't be selective, since God isn't. Sometimes I have a hard time with that, and I need God's help to love people the way He does. Songs always say it better than I can:

How can we teach our kids the concept of grace?  Here's a great simple example from a Christian teacher. Teaching Grace

Thanks for reading! Have a great day!

-Angela <><