HE KNOWS WHAT IT IS TO BE HUMAN

HE KNOWS WHAT IT IS TO BE HUMAN OUR God is a God Who FULLY knows What it means to be HUMAN He came to earth In the form of A human being And EXPERIENCED every human emotion That we do-including- Pain and suffering He even had a mother-a Step-father-and brothers and sisters He was part of a HUMAN FAMILY A family that KNEW What it means to EXPERIENCE LOVE “For we do NOT Have a high priest Who is unable To sympathize with Our weaknesses........” Hebrews 4:15 YES-weaknesses-we have Plenty of those-at least- I do And Jesus did too He was FULLY HUMAN He lived-died-and RESURRECTED Because he was PERFECT In love-HIS LOVE Knew no limits So he knows What it means to be weak To be PUSHED To the limits of a being human “What is mankind That you are mindful Of them? Human beings That you CARE for them?” Psalm 8:4 Of course- What higher HONOR Could we have than You ( Jesus)-being ONE of us You UNDERSTAND us Oh so well-yet you- LOVE US oh so much “For the foolishness of God Is wiser than human wisdom And the weakness of God Is STRONGER Than human strength” 1 Corinthians 1:25 Our God-our Jesus-not contained Even by death LOVE IS STRONGER!-than human weaknesses Yet he KNOWS-what it is To have a human body Have limitations-even though- He could PERFORM miracles- And overcome all Our Lord God-Our LORD Jesus Understands-UNDERSTANDS our hurt- Our doubts- Our fear of failing He understands us too-he does NOT Condemn us “........For the Lord SEARCHES every heart And understands every desire And every thought” 1 Chronicles 28:9 “But the seed falling On good soil REFERS to someone Who hears the word And UNDERSTANDS it This is the ONE Who produces a crop Yielding a hundred-sixty- Or 30 times what was sown” Matthew 13:23 That IS the GOOD NEWS- We have a GOD who UNDERSTANDS What it is to be fully HUMAN Just IMAGINE how proud he is of us IF we understand him-just A little-and we BECOME A little bit MORE like him Yet he FORGIVES our flaws And imperfections-for HE KNOWS WHAT it is to BE HUMAN HE KNOWS-ALL TOO WELL In Jesus' name, Robert P. Wallman 1-13-19 Ps INSPIRED by an article in LIVING FAITH MAGAZINE by Terri Mifek