Beloved if God so Loved us, we ought also to Love one another. 1 John 4:11
Love is a Self-Denying, self-Sacrificing action word with Christ like Characteristics. Love is not Partial, nor only for a Select Few, but for Everyone. For God so loved the World that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in Him should not perish, but have everlasting life. John 3:16 (What Manner Of Love) But God commendeth his Love toward us, in that, while we were yet sinners, Christ died for us. Romans 5:8.
“THE REAL THING”- Love blooms in the midst of life’s ugliness. According to Paul, Love is our capacity to embrace a loved one or a stranger outside the gate, despite their faults and inadequacies. It is the ability to be there for that individual, no matter what. Real Love is not only professed, but acted upon, and acted out. Love is putting all of our good intentions into action.
Jesus commands us to Love one another in the same way that He has Loved us: “As I have Loved you, that ye also Love one another. By this shall all men know that ye are my disciples, if ye have Love one to another” ( John 13: 34-35). As we Love we are to provide the care, nurturing, and support for our brothers, and sisters that is essential to their Well-Being, and their Spiritual Growth, and Development. Paul’s famous Love passage also says that Love is something that grows stronger, and ultimately becomes a Spiritual reality that sheds light on true meaning, and true being. Love is Immutable, Genuine, and Everlasting. Love is the Real stuff that life is made of. Love is “The Real Thing!” God Is Love! We can never outlive Love, for Love never dies. After all of our living, we shall see God Face to Face-“The Real Thing!”
PRAYER: “Lord, help me to move myself out of the way so that I might Love others. Help Me to understand that my Love for others grows out of your Love for me. Help Me, Lord, to keep on Loving, and sharing, and Caring so that others might be able to see You in me Amen”.
“THE REAL THING”, and “PRAYER” By Rev. George R. LaSure
Let Us Continue To LOVE, As We PRAY.