A Parent's Love

Stanley Hotel, Estes Park, Colorado

Last year I played golf on the east course at the Broadmoor in Colorado Springs. This is the same course on which the U.S. Senior and Women's Opens were recently played. The course is nestled close to the mountains and abounds with wildlife.

A doe and two tiny fawns happened to share the course with us that day. The fawns were full of life, jumping, not walking. Mom was cautious as she led her young around the course. No matter what her children did, it was her job to care for them.

"Oh, how can I give you up, Israel? How can I let you go? How can I destroy you like Admah or demolish you like Zeboiim? My heart is torn within me, and my compassion overflows." Hosea 11:8 New Living Translation

How well Hosea describes the parental heart. Our children are born to break our hearts, yet we love them.

Through Hosea God speaks to his people who had been saved by his gracious act of kindness, freeing them from slavery in Egypt,  yet they broke his heart.

We are God's children who have come to faith in Jesus and washed our sins in the baptismal flood, yet we, too, break God's heart.

But like any parent, God couldn't turn his back on his children. His compassion overflows for his children. He redeemed Israel from bondage in Babylon. He redeems us from our bondage of sin. God's compassion is best seen in his action.

Like this sculpted doe, God cares for us, his children. His parental love compels him.

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