Advent - Week 4, Day 3: Steadfast Love

What2Say2Day? You had an entire day to think about what steadfast love means to you and where in your life you see examples of this kind of love. Today let's take a look at how Christ showed examples of God's steadfast love. I want to use this past Sunday's talk with our youth as an example again. I asked this same question to them and they were able to come up with great answers. I was genuinely touched when they talked about different bible stories which highlighted Jesus' ministry for the outcasts. From allowing the woman to wash his feet with oil to healing lepers to blessing the Samaritan woman at the well they each had a story that shared what unconditional, steadfast love looked like. Then they were asked what they do in their lives that are similar to the acts of Jesus. Again, a little effort to come up with examples from their own lives. I'm sure we all do things which show God's steadfast love all the time without realizing it. My wife tells me that she sees God's love every time someone holds the door open for her or looks her in the eye and smiles when saying hello. I have to agree with her and say that God's love comes in different ways to different people. God gives each of us a gift according to our abilities and all we're asked to do is share this gift to the best of our abilities. So whatever you consistently do for someone else, whether it's holding the door open or healing a leper, without an expectation of a favor in return is what I think unconditional, steadfast love is. As it says in Matthew 25:40

"And the king will answer them, “Truly I tell you, just as you did it to one of the least of these who are members of my family,^* you did it to me."