The dramatically unexpected reorientation of my
life and priorities around Sigrid has led me to reflect on the commitment of
God towards his children. Its amazing how our experiences give us new insight
into the nature of the God of the bible.
Our experience of Sigrid has added depth and breadth to the
reality that God loves the people of our world simply because they are his
offspring. Not because they love
him back. Not because they haven’t filled his world with poop, spit-up, and far
more destructive things. God loves his children because they are his children.
It doesn’t mean he isn’t at times frustrated with their decisions or choices.
It does mean that in a genuine passionate sense, God loves our world.
It is that love that also makes sense
of why he hates the brokenness of sin and its tragic consequences- from
deception and selfishness, to autism and abuse, to strokes and Alzheimer's. His
love is behind his frustration with our broken choices and broken world. The
two are inseparably linked. I’m glad to be part of a kingdom in which something
is being done to address brokenness and set it right. I have hope. The world is broken, but God, because of his love, is not ok with it. He's committed to setting it right. He loves our world.
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