As a friend updated me on her and her husband's journey of becoming foster parents and as I reflect on the role of husband I am preparing to take on, I was struck by this thought:
Sometimes
I wish Adam and Eve had simply obeyed God; everything would be hunky-dory. The
cross wouldn't have been necessary, and relationships would not require such
personal sacrifice. Yet there is something painfully sweet about stepping out
of control into the self-sacrifice of loving others more than I love myself.
When Adam and Eve sinned, God didn't say, "Oops, time for plan B." Self-sacrificial love is the way He wanted to reveal His heart to us. Through the same, He invites us to reveal His heart to each other.
