THE TAPE MEASURE

Last Sunday a very unique lady gave the children’s story.  Why is she unique?  Oh, you would have to know Carla.  She freezes her chocolate!  She collects rocks.  Big rocks.  She gives our minister a rough time, but someone has to do it and she has a doctorate in “giving the minister a rough time.”  I think she practices on her husband.  Back to the children’s story.

Her goal was to measure God’s love.  Silly woman brought a tape measure.  A long, metal one.  After telling a young man that he volunteered to hold the other end, she backed up.  “Is God’s love this long?”  She backed up a bit more.  “Is God’s love this long?”  She backed up and had to stop.  She was at the end of the tape. 

Then she asked, “Can I measure God’s love with this?”  Being very bright kids, they answered, “NO!”

I do not know how to measure God’s love, but I do know where you can find it.

For our church’s Facebook page, I do a Wednesday’s Song.  I look for traditional hymns and contemporary hymns.  Then it happens.  Up pops an old favorite being sung by a choir in Japan or in a small country I would have to google to find on a map.  Up pops a contemporary hymn being offered in sign language.  Or played on a piano sitting on top of a mountain.  Or played by a symphony orchestra in a royal hall.  Or sung in small congregations.  Or played by professional praise bands in mega churches.  Or in languages I cannot understand.  Or offered in a one-of-a-kind concert by the children’s choir.

Wow! God’s love spreads from people in Japan way over to that small county.  God’s love must be in small churches and mega churches.  God’s love shines in those who speak with their hands and those that sing in great halls.  God’s love is shared in languages around the world.  God’s love glows on the faces of the children. 

I do not know how to measure God’s love, but I do know where you can find it.

God’s love is personal, but it is bigger than that.

God’s love is local, but it is bigger than that.

God’s love is in our country, but it is bigger than that.

God’s love is found around the world, but it is bigger than that.

God’s love is everywhere!