![]() ![]() Love is the perfect bond of unity.Īnd so I speak of love-the acting out of love which brings light to darkness, satisfaction to a starving heart, comfort to a lonely soul, sympathy to hurt feelings, Love never fails. it is to a man's honor to overlook a sin. Both wrote of the anger of their father, that still stings, still holds them in bondage, still darkens the memory of childhood soul. Two grown men, famous in their own arenas. I have read the introductions to two books this week. Love fuels faith and hope and inspires to overcome. Why do I focus on God's love and grace so much? Because Love is the source of all life, it is Him reincarnated through us. When we by faith invest love in others, our own souls become full of His love-we pour out, He pours in. It is our heritage, our duty, our service of gratitude. Love moves, inspires, shapes the dreams, gives hope, holds us for eternity-for heaven.Įvery child, every grown child-adults, needs, exists well when love is given. They will know you are my disciples by your love for one another.īeloved, if God so loved us, we also ought to love one another. If you have not love, you have become a noisy gong or a clanging symbol. The love of God has been poured out in our hearts by the Holy Spirit. Over 500 times, He speaks to us of love.īeloved, let us love one another, for love is of God, and everyone who loves is born of God and knows God. Colossians 3 teaches us to choose love, to clothe ourselves in love. before he one who is love, who sacrificed everything for love, we humbly follow His example. ![]() Because we are beloved by God, we can choose every day to “Put on love.” Paul tells us to “put on love.” We practice it, we clothe ourselves in it and it determines our actions, reactions, words. When I dress in the mornings, I choose what I will “put on.” It is an act of choice, it. It is a time to love our neighbors as ourselves. ![]() It is also a time to extend the love that creates a perfect bond of unity. This is a time for us to exhibit the reality of love towards those who are hurting, to be an example to our children of loving unconditionally. Without that filling, we will search for it all of our lives, even in the wrong places-places that promise to give love and fill hearts, but steal and destroy instead.Ī mother's love is a most constant resource of God's love that can sustain, strengthen, heal and restore a child. When full, we are most likely to understand and worship God. Though no one can see from the outside whether ours is empty, desolate or full to overflowing, each of us has the capacity to fill up another's cavern with words, touch, sacrifice, generous gifts. You are my beloved and always will be, no matter what."Įach of us was crafted with soul container that would be filled with love. I think about you, I cherish the day your were born. Love that embraces, validates, affirms, whispers, "Just as you are, I adore you. As the body requires food to stay alive, so the depths of all of us, especially our children, hungers for love in order to stay alive. we are all in need of a good dose of love.Īn aching, longing pulses beneath, where no one can see. Recently I was at the home of a precious friend and her sweet little ones were delighting me with their antics, love, fun, playing-and I received the sweet gift of a hug that went to my heart.Īt this time when nerves are raw, we have been depleted by so much stress and so many sad events. ![]() Beyond all these things put on love, which is the perfect bond of unity. ![]()
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