1 John 4:7-11; Dear friends, let us love one another, for love comes from God. Everyone who loves has been born of God and knows God. 8; Whoever does not love does not know God, because God is love. 9; This is how God showed his love among us: He sent his one and only Son into the world that we might live through him. 10; This is love: to that we loved God, but that he loved us and sent his Son as atoning sacrifice for our sins. 11; Dear friends, since God so loved us, we also ought to love one another.
In all the years we've been together, I've never heard my husband say he loves me.
Do you believe God loves you - Do you feel HIs love for you, or are you not too sure about this aspect of your life? If love is not preset in your life, a vital part of yo life is missing because it is an essential part of a person's life. God loves you and He wants you to know what love is about.
Love is more than an emotion. It's a commitment and it's also a decision. When you love someone, you can discern whether or not they truly love you. It allows you to know deep down inside whether or not their love is genuine or not. My grandmother would always say, love is not what you say but what you do. I completely agree with this, but it does something to the heart to hear it as well. God has given us this kind of an innate radar within. One thing to remember if you don't realize it, love comes with a cost - it's not free. Love will always demand something of us.
You have to walk the walk and talk the talk when you say you love someone. It's a requirement that comes baked in the man and woman. Because if I tell you all day long that I love you but never show it, then my words don't mean anything, but if my actions are backed with action, then you have something to work with. Love looks for validation at some point and most people, whether they care to admit it or not, wants it.
Love comes with demands, some people are willing to forgo this because they don't have it within to stretch to that degree. These are the kind of folk that will miss out on what life is all about.
There is a man I've known for many years. As the old saying goes, "on paper, he has everything a woman would look for." But in reality, he's a walking wounded soul of a person. And his fear is what's behind the wheel of every decision he makes, especially when it pertains to relationships. He's been hurt in the past and he believes that if he allows himself to trust someone, they will have the ability to crush his heart and he's just not willing to take that kind of chance. So, he lives a quarantined life. No relationships, no problems, no hurt.
Genesis 1:1; God's creation was an act of love
Making the decision to love includes the everyday little things that you often do for someone. Choosing love means allowing yourself to be loved. It is about the choice to be vulnerable. The other person will see the good, the bad, strengths and your weaknesses. When a person loves, there's a confidence within the relationship that enables a certain level of completeness emotionally. However, you can never be under the illusion that feelings won't change. That's why choosing to love is so vital because there's action behind the emotion.
Deuteronomy 11:25; Look, today I am giving you the choice between a blessing and a curse! 27; You will be blessed if you obey the commands of the Lord your God that I am giving you today. 28; But you will be cursed if you reject the commands of the Lord your God and turn away from him and worship gods you have not known before.
We choose to love God by being obedient to His Word. To love God is to live in freedom - and love will always cause you to think about the other person more than yourself. The very act of falling in love with someone is a beautiful and generous feeling. What greater gift can you give another human being, than to love unselfishly through and with the love of Jesus Christ.
Scripture quotations marked (NLT) are taken from the Holy Bible, New Living Translation, copyright © 1996. Used by permission of Tyndale House Publishers, Inc., Wheaton, Illinois 60189. All rights reserved.
“Love Proves Itself First ”, written by Kim for https://rescuefromdomesticviolence.blogspot.com© 2020. All rights reserved. All praise and honor to God through Jesus Christ, our Lord and Savior.
No comments:
Post a Comment