The Reckless Love of God - By: Alex Early

First,  I'd like to apologize for my absence and delay of reviews.  I had a baby girl in October. November was Thanksgiving at our house with my family. I had my gallbladder removed in December and had a hard recovery from that,  and then there was Christmas and New Year's.  I'm also trying to transition into being a stay at home mom of two kids two years and under. (Eek!)

Jesus loves me this I know, 

for the Bible tells me so.

I received a copy of The Reckless Love of God by Alex Early from Bethany House. Even though I didn't agree with everything in this book,  I really enjoyed the eye opening view into the love of God. I got blessed by the simple,  yet profound reminder of the love shown by my Heavenly Father.

When I first picked up a copy of this book, I was confused by the author's choice of words. "Reckless" would not have been the first word I would've chosen for the title,  but on further review, I LOVE his choice of words! The word,  reckless means "without thinking or caring about the consequence of an action". God's love for us is certainly reckless. He  knew the consequence of His love would mean sending His Son to die a horrible death on the cross. The world didn't understand the significance of what happened that day on Calvary.  He recklessly gave all He had to us,  because He loved us (John 3:16). He bankrupted Heaven for us to have the abundant wealth of eternal life.

"Of all the worn, smudged, dog-eared words in our vocabulary, "love" is surely the grubbiest, smelliest, slimiest..."

 - Aldous Huxley

The word love is so overused in today's society. I'm guilty of it,  and I'm sure you are too. I will say that I love my hubby and my kiddos,  and then turn around and say I love Taco Bell. Actually,  maybe that isn't fair, because I really do enjoy their food to the point of possibly loving it. Anyway, even though I do really enjoy Taco Bell, I do not enjoy or love it like I love my family. The Lord is so serious about love, and  He wants us to understand love so much that He gave us an entire book filled with examples of His love, the Bible.  1 Corinthians 13 is known as the "love chapter", and has a list of characteristics of love. The biggest characteristic that sticks out to me is selflessness. I think we can all agree that we live in a very "me" centered society. The Lord is the best example of selfless love there ever was. He gave up His ONLY Son for a world that hates Him and denies Him on a daily basis. He loves us not expecting anything from us in return, but instead hopes we accept Him as Savior and King of our lives.

I really enjoyed this book. I loved how the author broke down the chapters and used the lyrics of "Jesus Loves Me" and expounded on the truth of those words. Read it. It will help you,  if you let it.