God's love

“Now before the Feast of the Passover, when Jesus knew that His hour had come that He should depart from this world to the Father, having loved His own who were in the world, He loved them to the end.” John 13:1

I was reading John 13 to Sebin last night. Oh man, I just love this baby so much. Whenever I am with my daughter, I would hug her real tight and I would try to kiss her as many times as possible. I mean like a zillion times. Whenever I do that Hyemi would give me that look with a smile, ‘haven’t you had enough for Sebin?’ No, it’s never enough. In response, when Sebin is in a real good mood (only in a really, really good mood), and I say, “ppo ppo!” (which means, ‘kiss’) she would come towards my cheek with her tiny mouth open and put all of her saliva over my cheek.

Whenever I have the chance, I would whisper to Sebin’s ears and say, “Daddy loves you. Mommy loves you, too.” Hyemi and I forget about all the mess that Sebin created during meal times, an ocean of all the toys and baby books covering up the floor, all the crying, and waking us up at night times. Those are all forgotten. All in the name of love.

“He loved them to the end.” Our love is nothing compared to God’s love for us. He loved us so much that “He gave His only begotten Son.” (John 3:16) 1 John 4:10 tells us what love is: “In this is love, not that we loved God, but that He loved us and sent His Son to be the propitiation for our sins.” The love of God is beyond just emotions and feelings. It is expressed through His actions. He sacrificed His Son to die on our behalf. That sacrifice was not small. It was everything. And yet God chose to make that sacrifice, in the name of love. This God loves us, each one of us, to the end.”

Thank you, God.