On Monday night, I laid in bed unable to fall asleep. One thought kept mercilessly picking at my brain. Why did God, Maker of the universe, pick us? How is it that a God who is all knowing and all powerful also be all loving? I kept thinking of someone who could be considered a genius, and by genius i mean full on prodigy... and this may be stereotypical of me but typically words that don't come to mind when thinking of highly intelligent people are compassion.. emotional, and loving. Not that they are incapable of these feelings but that they are just not as prone to expressing them. They find a different kind of love in knowledge and the information that they know. But then there's God. The One who knows things about this world and universe that is unfathomable by the human mind. Things we will never be able to comprehend and understand. Why? Simply because He is all knowing and we are not. He knows all the molecules that make up the atmosphere and the cells of a tree. So even though He could be wrapped up in all the sciences of everything, He still chooses us.
But then, while telling my mom about my epiphany she made a valid point. We can't give God these human features. For humans we prioritize the things we love. We aren't capable of loving things in the way God does. And it isn't that God loves the trees and nature and whatever else more or less then us, its just that He doesn't have the same process of loving things the way we do.
And she was right. But, that wasn't really my point. I agree that God loves His creation but there is one significant difference; through Christ we are given new life. A gift nothing else in this universe has been given.You see He sent His Son to die for us, to save us from our own sins, and give us eternal life. God gives each and every one of us the opportunity to love Him and even better: to be loved by Him. He didn't give the rocks and stars His words. He didn't create the heavens so that one day the volcanoes could be with Him. He gave the human race responsibilities; to take care of His creation and spread the Good News to those lost in darkness.
So the question still remains as to why we were given this ultimate gift? I honestly have no idea. I guess that puts me back at square one.
