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God's kind of love


Yesterday was a very special day.  It was Valentine’s Day.  It is a day we celebrate love and what real love is all about.


But it is also a day that is very hard for many people.  Those who are alone or who have lost a loved one have a hard time.  Those who have gone through a difficult relationship have a hard time with thinking about those they once cared for.  Yet this a day of celebration.


What I think needs to be lifted high and almost printed on a banner for many to see.  That is the real meaning of love.  Not about the short lasting and ignorance of selfish love.  It is deeper because it doesn’t come with conditions and last a long, long time.  


Spend some time, yes the day after Valentine’s Day, examining the characteristics of godly love.  This is the God kind of love.


He loved us first.  1 John 4:19


His love doesn’t end.  Psalm 136


He knows us and we know Him.  1 John 4:8


This love is different from what most of have experienced.  Let’s change that.  May our love look like His love.  May our lives be examples for those who have never experienced love.  Take that next step for lasting love in our lives.


1 Corinthians 13:4-7,13

Love is patient and kind. Love is not jealous or boastful or proud 5 or rude. It does not demand its own way. It is not irritable, and it keeps no record of being wronged. 6 It does not rejoice about injustice but rejoices whenever the truth wins out. 7 Love never gives up, never loses faith, is always hopeful, and endures through every circumstance… Three things will last forever—faith, hope, and love—and the greatest of these is love.


Patient and kind.  Not jealous but selfless and never self serving.  This love never gives up and endures past everything.


Let’s love like God loves.  

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