Romans 5:8

This weeks studying has brought me to my favorite verse in all of scripture.

But God shows His love for us in that while we were still sinners Christ died for us. (Romans 5:8 ESV)

That word that is translated "shows" is a beautiful word that we must think deeply about to begin to grasp the beauty of it. Some translations use demonstrates, proves, evidences. But the whole of the word is not found in any English translation. The whole of the word has that connotation of proving or showing or demonstrating or giving evidence, but another piece on top of that. That piece is that His love has been placed within our reach.

God has placed within our reach His love. It has been taken from a far and placed with our grasp. This week I am talking about the law and our inability to measure up to it and our subsequent failure to commune with God. But God has sent His son so that His joy giving and ultimately fulfilling love might be within our reach. Take time to bask in that notion.