I once read a quote from a 6 year old girl named Emma. She said, “Love is when you’re missing some of your teeth but you’re not afraid to smile because your friends will still love you even though some of you is missing.” That quote made me think of a passage of scripture I read in Romans 5... “But God demonstrates his own love for us in this: While we were still sinners, Christ died for us.”
So many of us feel like something’s missing... we don’t measure up...we’ve blown it... we don’t feel worthy of Jesus’ love... But this passage assures us that Jesus doesn’t love us because we’re perfect... He loves us because He chooses to. He loves us so much that He died for us while we were still broken, hurting, and incomplete. Now, that’s a reason to smile!
