God Cares When We Don't

Logic tells us, "When others treat us like they don't care, we should believe them because they don't." 

Pride tells us, "If they don't care, why should we?"

Confession states, "When we treat God like we don't care about Him or His Word or His Will or His Way, He believes us. We don't."

But, oh, am I grateful the story doesn't end there. 

Grace asserts, "He believes us. He knows we don't care . . . physically. However, He knows deep down we have a need, a spiritual need, an overwhelming void that only He can fill, though we don't deserve it."

And so . . . 

He cares when we appear not to.
He loves when we decide not to.
He listens when we prefer not to.

He chose us when we didn't choose Him.
He offered Himself when it was our death sentence.
He emptied Himself when we had nothing to pay our debt.

O, perfect love!

Might we, in turn, do the same when others treat us like they don't care?
Might we believe them yet choose not to take the road of pride and revenge?
Might we, instead, tread the narrow lane of loving grace and patient forgiveness?