[Jesus said,] “…even the very hairs of your head are all numbered.” (Matthew 10:30)
As a parent of four children, I sometimes worry that I might express love more for one than for the others – that I might play favorites. I pray I don’t do this, but this is a concern I have. It’s hard to love all your children and love each of them at the same time.
Not so with God. God’s love for His children is both universal and particular. St. Augustine put it this way –
As a parent of four children, I sometimes worry that I might express love more for one than for the others – that I might play favorites. I pray I don’t do this, but this is a concern I have. It’s hard to love all your children and love each of them at the same time.
Not so with God. God’s love for His children is both universal and particular. St. Augustine put it this way –
“God loves each of us as if there were only one of us.”
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