Loving and being loved is what makes life worth living!

I think about God’s Love and I am amazed by it.  His love is deep ,
caring, compassionate, passionate, never giving up.  That’s the kind
of Love that our Father loves everyone of us with.  Do we deserve it
His love………..probably not.  Lately, I’ve been reading and
meditating on I Cor. 13 (the love chapter) and Gal. 5.  I’ve spend a
lot of time on these Scriptures just examining  my heart concerning my
love walk towards God and people. The end of 1 Cor. 13:8 says, ” Love
never fails. But where there are prophecies, they will cease; where
there are tongues, they will be stilled; where there is knowledge, it
will pass away.  The word says everything else may fail, but love will
not because Love never fails. How powerful is that?

So many times people spend so much time on many other things and miss
the most important thing, to love. How can

we Love if we haven’t allowed God to show us His Love for us?
Knowing His love for us makes it easy for us to walk in that same love
towards others.   The human nature loves to a certain degree then when
something happens our love is gone. We all know that Love is not a
feeling it’s a choice, a decision.

We often talk about how we have to reach this world and get people
saved.  I often wonder what the world is looking for and I honestly
believe everyone of us is looking for Love and acceptance.   One very
powerful Scripture in John 4:8 says, ” whoever does not love does not
know God, because God is love.”  That’s so powerful to me!  We have
the answer, but can people see that in us?

Loving people unconditionally is a very big challenge. It seems almost
impossible, but since God tells us to do it we know we are able. He
never commands us to do something and then leaves us on our own to
perform it.

2 Cor. 12:9 says that His Grace(His power an ability) is sufficient
for us.  That means that we can do what He has called us to do.

One reason why I think Love is an important part of our lives is
because unconditional Love thinks long terms. It sees what people can
become if only someone will love them. It is stronger than anything
else.  Real Love, God’s Love is the same at all times, it never
changes.

Galatians 5:6 (New International Version)
 6 For in Christ Jesus neither circumcision nor uncircumcision has any
value. The only thing that counts is faith expressing itself through
love.

Even Faith works by Love. I don’t say that Faith is not important. We
all know that without faith it is impossible to please God, but
according to I Cor. 13 even if we have enough faith to move a mountain
and still don’t have love, we are nothing.   Everyone of us has the
potential to love with that deep kind of love.  Are we willing to lay
down our pride so God can use us?  This is a choice that is up to us.
Everything is connected to that simple, but powerful word Love.