What if the most loving thing God can do is the thing that hurts? Pastor Marlon uses a simple but vivid illustration — a child begging a parent to leave a splinter alone — to explore a truth most of us wrestle with: God's love doesn't always feel like love in the moment.
Walking through Romans 5:8, the story of Jonah, and 1 John 4, this sermon challenges us to stop imposing our definition of love onto God and instead let His actions teach us what love actually looks like. His love is constant whether we're obedient, rebellious, or somewhere in between. And His plans are good, even when the process is painful.
A message for every age: choose daily to abide in love, not because the world deserves it, but because God loved you first.
Scripture: Romans 5:8, Jonah 3:10, Jonah 4:1-4, 1 John 4:8, Jeremiah 29:11, 1 John 4:16, Romans 8:28
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