Hey there, and welcome to today's encouragement from Our Daily Bread.

Marvin Williams wrote today's devotion, and it's titled A Great Act of Love.

In Oregon's Malhear National Forest, a fungus, popularly known as the honey mushroom, spreads through tree

roots across 2200 acres, making it the largest living organism ever found. It's been weaving

its black shoestring filaments through the forest for more than two millennia, killing trees

as it grows. Its shoestring filaments, called rhizomorphs, tunnel as deep as 10 feet into the soil,

and although the organism is incredibly large, it began with a single microscopic spore.

The Bible tells us of a single act of disobedience that caused widespread condemnation,

and a single act of obedience that reversed it.

In Romans chapter 5, the Apostle Paul contrasted two individuals, Adam and Jesus. Adam's sin brought condemnation and death to all people.

Through one act of disobedience, all people were made sinners and stood condemned before God.

But he had a means of dealing with humanity's sin problem.

Through the righteous act of Jesus on the cross, God provides eternal life and a right standing

before Him.

Christ's act of love and obedience was powerful enough to overcome Adam's one act of disobedience, providing life

for all people.

Through his death on the cross, Jesus offers eternal life to anyone who puts their faith

in him.

If you haven't received his forgiveness and salvation, may you do so today. If you're already a believer,

praise him for what he's done by his great act of love.

Today's Our Daily Bread Devotional Scripture reading is from Romans chapter 5 verses 12 through 19.

Therefore, just as sin entered the world through one man and death through sin, and in this way

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