He loves us so well that sometimes he corrects us through discipline. Speaking with young people has brought back many of the feelings and challenges I faced in my own life. It made me wonder why it had taken me so long to hear "Well done, good and faithful servant" when I wasn't as faithful as I had thought.

God reveals his heart to us through his words, the community of Christian fellowship, and discipline to change our behavior and actions. As a young girl, I needed the adults in my life to ask me more difficult questions that could have helped me get to the root of the heart of service. Saying "I don't know" left me feeling like following Jesus was not enough, and having a plan was the only way. But even when we mess up and make wrong turns, the love of Christ is a redemption story from the very beginning, predestined, prophesied, and the greatest love story ever told.

John 3:16-17 tells us, "For God so loved the world that he gave his one and only Son, that whoever believes in him shall not perish but have eternal life. For God did not send his Son into the world to condemn the world, but to save the world through him."

Most people leave out verse 17, but to me, it paints an even greater love story. Not to condemn us, but to save the world through him. It is God's perfect redemptive plan for humanity. May we continue to seek him and the narrow way, always placing his heart at the forefront of everything we do.

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