God is love
1 John 4:7 - 13
7 Beloved, let us [unselfishly][a]love and seek the best for one another, for love is from God; and everyone who loves [others] is born of God and knows God [through personal experience].8 The one who does not love has not become acquainted with God [does not and never did know Him], for God is love. [He is the originator of love, and it is an enduring attribute of His nature.]9 By this the love of God was displayed in us, in that God has sent His [One and] only begotten Son [the One who is truly unique, the only One of His kind] into the world so that we might live through Him.10 In this is love, not that we loved God, but that He loved us and sent His Son to be the propitiation [that is, the atoning sacrifice, and the satisfying offering] for our sins [fulfilling God’s requirement for justice against sin and placating His wrath].11 Beloved, if God so loved us [in this incredible way], we also ought to love one another.12 No one has seen God at any time. But if we love one another [with unselfish concern], God abides in us, and His love [the love that is His essence abides in us and] is completed and perfected in us.13 By this we know [with confident assurance] that we abide in Him and He in us, because He has given to us His [Holy] Spirit.
I found these words and they truly ministered to me.
"We don't love others when we find them beautiful.
We find others beautiful when we love them" Josei Toda
May we truly be overtaken by love - all our motives, intentions, speech, attitude and actions. In Jesus name
Amen
But I will leave you with this challenge.
Part of Love IS discipline.
For who God loves he chastens and disciplines
That will be a topic for another day my friends
Walk Good in Christ
Till we meet again
Pastor J
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