Gospel: John
3:16-21
God so
loved the world that he gave his only-begotten Son, so that everyone who
believes in him might not perish but might have eternal life. For God did not
send his Son into the world to condemn the world, but that the world might be
saved through him. Whoever believes in him will not be condemned, but whoever
does not believe has already been condemned, because he has not believed in the
name of the only-begotten Son of God. And this is the verdict, that the light
came into the world, but people preferred darkness to light, because their
works were evil. For everyone who does wicked things hates the light and does
not come toward the light, so that his works might not be exposed. But whoever
lives the truth comes to the light, so that his works may be clearly seen as
done in God.
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Reflection:
Can we
measure God’s love for us? No we cannot. God loves us infinitely that He even gave
His only begotten son so that we may live. How about us can God measure our
love for Him? Of course! If God’s love for us is infinite, our love for God is
finite it has boundaries. It only extends up to a certain point, once that
point is reached our love for God starts to decline also.
But why
do we limit our love for God? Why can’t we love God as He loves us? This is for
the reason that we are afraid to lose our earthly liberty for God. To love God
infinitely is to follow the teachings of God without any preconditions.
However,
the paradox of infinitely loving God is we also have to begin to hate some of
the things that this world offers us. Number one on the list that we must hate
from this world is sin. Number two is our very high regard for ourselves for we
always want to be above everyone else. We often look down on those whom we
perceive to be inferior, weak and those not in our level. These are but a few
of the things that prevent us from loving God infinitely.
Come to
think of it, if God loves us infinitely then we must be prepared to do the
same. We must reciprocate God’s love for us by loving those who are difficult
to love such as those who’ve hurt us badly. Loving them means forgiving them of
the many hurts that they’ve carved in our lives.
Are you
prepared to reciprocate God’s infinite love for you? – Marino J. Dasmarinas
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