Loving the unlovable

I was walking home from tuition yesterday, when I saw a little handicapped kid on the wheelchair with her mother, waiting for the cab. Then a thought came to my mind. I cannot comprehend the love that parents have towards their children who are disabled, handicapped, sick, or crudely put, abnormal. In my opinion, the most noble parents around are the above-mentioned parents, who so willingly, lovingly, and painstakingly take care of their abnormal children, even if it takes a lifetime. I came across an article a few days ago, where statistics show that majority of the parents, when their baby has been born, the first question they ask the gynecologist is "Is my baby normal?". It's amazing that most parents still accept the hard truth that their kid is abnormal. Of course, I'm sure the first few moments of reality won't be a pleasant one.

I then thought about the love that God has for us, sinners. Despite the sin Adam and Eve committed, and despite being chased out of the garden of Eden, God "made coats of skins, and clothed them" (Genesis 3:21).

A lot of people ask, if God really hated sin, why did He even allow it in the first place? Why didn't He stop and damn the serpent the moment he tempted Eve? I had these questions in mind, but managed to clear them and get an assuring answer from a friend. Ultimately, God is out there to show His glory, to show that Man, in his weak nature, needs the all powerful God. Yes, some people may think that God is selfish and self-centered because ultimately, He wants all the glory to be given to Him. But if God wasn't self-centered, then He wouldn't be God. Nonetheless, who can really point out the reason why God allowed sin into this world? No one.

Isaiah 55:7-9 "Let the wicked forsake his way, and the
unrighteous man his thoughts: and let him return unto the LORD,
and he will have mercy upon him; and to our God,
for he will abundantly pardon.

For my thoughts are not your thoughts,
neither are your ways my ways, saith the LORD.

For as the heavens are higher than the earth,
so are my ways higher than your ways,
and my thoughts than your thoughts."

An observation my friend made was this: David sinned against God when he committed adultery with Bathsheba and killed Uriah. Yet, Solomon, son of Bathsheba, was the wisest King on earth, and was even the chosen lineage as to which Jesus was born. A triumph over sin, maybe?

God did not stop sin from coming into the world. Yet, He will ultimately put a stop to sin, overcoming all evil, and succeed as our Victor, thereby showing again His ultimate glory, strength, power, and majesty.