“This is love: not that we loved God, but that he loved us and sent his Son as an atoning sacrifice for our sins. Dear friends, since God so loved us, we also ought to love one another.” – 1 John 4:10-11
On March 6, 2014, Mindy Tran backed into her garage and put her car into park. She left her toddler-age twin girls strapped into their car seats while she got out to unlock her front door. As she was doing so, she spotted the car rolling down her steep driveway towards a busy street. Her motherly instincts instantly kicked in.
“I had to use myself as a speed bump to slow it down enough for one of my neighbors to get in and completely stop the car,” Tran said. The Massachusetts woman had thrown herself under the car to stop the car from rolling.
Neighbors spotted the mother in trouble and were able to stop the car and rescue the girls. Firefighters arrived a short time later and used an airbag to lift the car off of Tran. Tran’s love for her daughters was so great that she was willing to die to save her little girls.
God loved us so much that He left Heaven to lay down His life for us. Today in prayer, thank the Lord for His love towards you.
“His purpose in sending Jesus into the world was to show his love and to draw men to himself.” – Merrill C. Tenney
God’s Word: “For God so loved the world that he gave his one and only Son, that whoever believes in him shall not perish but have eternal life.” – John 3:16
