Food for the journey: bite-sized mid-week nourishment

John 3:16-17...

16 ‘For God so loved the world that he gave his only Son, 

so that everyone who believes in him may not perish 

but may have eternal life. 

17 ‘Indeed, God did not send the Son 

into the world to condemn the world, 

but in order that the world might be saved through him.

This week, you might like to spend time thinking about John 3:16-17 and of God loving the world...
Take a newspaper as a symbol of the world and write across each story,
“God so loved the world...” *
Use each story as part of your own devotions/prayers
holding each situation, place, person in love.

*the 'so' in the text isn't about quantity - not how much God loved -
but about the manner in which God loved...
Another way of phrasing the passage would be:
'For God loved the world in this way...