How do you describe the love of God? Scripture often defines it in terms of relationships between people. David spoke of his love for his best friend Jonathan as “wonderful.” A glimpse of God’s wonderful love to me is seen in the purest forms of love we have for each other.


I hear it when my aging friends coo in loving description of their grandchild. I see it when a mother shares the joy of being with her pre-school daughter for lunch each day. I see the love of God in the moments a father spends with his son after work, listening and discussing nothing in particular. I see the love a man has for his wife as she comes forward to be with him at their wedding. I am moved by the love in an aging husband’s tears when his wife has gone to be with the Lord.


Wonderful is the love of a father who ran to meet his prodigal son who was “lost” but now is “found.” Wonderful is the love of a Samaritan who stopped and cared for an injured stranger. But perfect is the deep, everlasting love God has shown us in Jesus.


About the Writer:

Bill Evans, a seminary graduate and life-long accountant, is the Director of Finance for a church in Carlsbad, California. Having a passion for ministry, he uses his gifts of teaching and encouragement as he writes a daily “Word of Encouragement” from which this month’s Anchor is taken. He and his wife have been married for 28 years and have four children, five grandchildren, and one great grand baby girl. Raised in Nashville, Tennessee, Bill would warmly introduce himself to you as ‘a sinner saved by grace.’