The Bible is full of people who have learned from God how to be friends that understand, connect with, admire, challenge, and love each other.
Though Zacchaeus came with baggage, Jesus’ decision to love anyway completely changed Zacchaeus’ life for the better.
This parable will help us understand what it feels like to be lost and how God responds to that feeling by always trying to bring us home.
God’s forgiveness and love can soften even our most ungrateful hearts and motivate us to treat others around us with love and compassion.
With insecurity, God never responds with criticism. He responds with a purpose to live for something beyond themselves.
Once our faith in God is strong, it becomes easy to overcome the temptation to be cynical in human relationships.