Sola gratia

God's grace is unfathomable. When one tries to think of what He has done for us, you wonder why He would even bother, and you cannot know the cost of the Cross. I don't think that we will ever be able to understand fully what took place that day, I know that I will never. It is beyond me to comprehend that, but all I can say is praise the Lord for it, and thank you Jesus for what you did because even in my terrible, sinful, awful, disgusting, down right loathable state you still chose me. YOU still chose me. Then again, you've chose all of us disgusting creatures. Wow. Take a moment, and reflect on that if you want to make your head start to spin. But none of this is news to Him, He knows how terrible we are, but He still chooses us. Take a look at Jeremiah 1:5, where God is calling Jeremiah, "Before I formed you in the womb I knew you, and before you were born I consecrated you; I appointed you a prophet to the nations." He knows each and everyone of us before we come into existence, and He still chooses us.

"There is, however, equally great incentive to worship and love God in the thought that, for some unfathomable reason, he wants me as his friend, and desires to be my friend, and has given his Son to die for me in order to realize this purpose." -J.I. Packer

Words cannot explain what this emotion this brings, how thankful we should be of God, how much praise He deserves. And isn't it wild to think that God knows us, and we have a way to know God because He chose to know us, and He allowed that to happen. He knows me as a friend and I am always on His mind no matter what. He is always thinking of me, and loves me that much to put that much importance on me. We think that we can't stop thinking about someone when we are in a relationship with them, but multiply that by a number that is so vast we can't comprehend that and that is how much God thinks about us, and how much He loves us. He sent His Son to die in our place!!!!!!! To pay that price that we should be paying for our wickedness. I cannot even think on that. Lord give me wisdom to discern what you have done for us so that I may know you better.