Love Journal Revisited
God's love for humanity is evident these past weeks more than ever, because all around us love is in the air, we can feel it, touch it, taste it and share it.....we are very excited .....because it is Christmas ........True Christmas is a celebration of the Word of God that became flesh and is a a great season to recall God's love as revealed in the Word..... Jh 3:16 'God so love the world, (you/me) that he gave his only Son that everyone who believes in him might not perish but might have eternal life'. ....God loves us first, he is the initiator of love and as a result of his love, he gave his total self..... his very self as a helpless baby........ oh here is true love, not that we love God but that he first loves us..... He is love and wherever love is true, there is God .....God is present in and all around you whether you or they know or acknowledge this truth or not
The greatest single statement about God in the Holy Bible is: God is love .....And this keeps popping out of the pages throughout the Holy Scriptures being read during this season; take note of them and store them in your heart......1 Jh.4:7 ff 'Beloved lets love one another because love is of God ......Whoever is without love does not know God for God is love..........In this is love; not that we have loved God, but that he loved us and sent his Son as expiation for our sins .......Beloved, if God so loved us, we also must love one another................'
Think at all the people in your life or .. look around you ....all the people you've seen ... their lives, what they do,....... God is present in each one of them....... how can God's love be revealed through me ......through them?........ God is Love, is not an abstract or a passive statement....it reveals.to us what God does, ... what God does is an activity not a quality , God creates, saves and judges lovingly and gives abundantly .. Are there ways I can engage in God more actively.... more lovingly and openly...........? Love can be expressed in many ways.......love is made real in what we do, say or how we treat other people.
In this is love ...not that we love God.......but he first loved us ..... therefore.feeling inadequate ?.....remember love is God's saving action ........, how can I respond?......By his grace.......
The season is not over yet, it continues and we need to be excited about the Word of God.... Jesus......by letting the Word become alive in our hearts, ... study/believe in the Word .......and dare to enter into the great mystery of God's love.......
