Thursday... Why, oh why does He care, really care?

And that's a very good question.

As I am reading through the Bible I am reading in 2 Kings and all of their evil. Oh every once in a while there would be a good king, one who followed God but a big portion of them were evil. Why oh why does He care, really care?

When we look out on all that is happening around us, the division in the world and even in the church you really wonder why He cares. But here is the reality of it all, He does. He really does care.

David writes in Psalm 8:3-4 (NLT), "When I look at the night sky and see the work of your fingers - what are mere mortals that you should think about them, human beings that you should care for them?" Such a good question.

He goes on, verse 5, "Yes, you made them only a little lower than God and crowned them with glory and honor." Yes He did. Yes He did.

Verses 6-8, "You gave them charge of everything you made, putting all things under their authority - the flocks and the herds and all the wild animals, the birds in the sky, the fish in the sea, and everything that swims the ocean currents." Yes He knows the good and the bad in us but He still believes in us, He still really cares about us.

And verse 9, "O Lord, our Lord, your majestic name fills the earth." He cares, He really does and He hasn't given up on us.

Oh, by the way, maybe we shouldn't give up on each other. Maybe we should also care, really care! Yes, yes! #todaysbeginning

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