Impossible Love, True Love
Scripture: I John 4: 7-13
We Are One In the Spirit
God’s love is a noun and a
verb. It’s what God is and does. True love is God’s movement toward us. Born of God, love dwells within us and we are
able to love even those who are difficult to love. Because we live in Christ, we can resist the
temptations of sinful thoughts, feelings, or actions toward others and love
them instead. John is clearly steering
us toward love so that we might resist turning away from one another the way
the world does. To reject another is to
reject God, who created and loves each one.
Love is a great gift, and if
we look closely at the price tag, we can’t even begin to comprehend the depth
of it. It’s given with abundant and
undeserved generosity. Not to mentions
it’s a gift that forgives every mistake, every fault, every offense we have
ever committed. Therefore, as love is
freely given and freely received, we must also give love to all people.
Our existence was born out of
love. God loves made a way for us to
live into the hope that comes through the resurrection of Jesus Christ! The story of Jesus teaches us how to love.
The way that we love is the way that we respond to God’s love. It becomes evidence of our relationship to
Jesus Christ.
We live in the experience of
being loved by God and loving one another.
The purpose of the incarnation was so that we might be in a relationship
with God where we would know true love, and be able to truly love one another. At the center of everything is God and
love. If God did not love us first, this
would all be impossible.
Prayer: Awesome God, thank you for the gift of your amazing
love. I desire to love the way that
Jesus loved when he walked this earth. I
pray that as I come to know your love for me every day that I will be able to
love others more.
The Reverend Josefina Perez
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