I guess we all know John 3.16 by heart. "For God so loved the world that he gave His only begotten Son, that whosover believes in Him should have everlasting life." I found a definition for love that I think I like. "Love is caring in action. Love isn't what we feel , its what we do".
What do you think...What if we lived everyday just doing love? Caring for others. This concept isn't exactly how our world thinks today. We live in a world where everyone seems to think the world should revolve around them and their feelings. Love is not a feeling. It is NOT a feeling . Feelings, or emotions, come and go. Infatuation is a high feeling that we get when we think we are falling in love. Often times infatuation overwhelms us and we loose our sensibilities and our morals. Right? It just feels so good to "be in love." I believe that is why divorce is so rampant. We are living out of our feelings and when our significant other doesn't "meet our needs" , off to court we go because we have irreconcilable differences. We just don't get it.
Note that in the John 3.16 verse that God gave. Its a "do" word. I shutter to think of where I would be at the moment if God looked down on sinful man and decided that we didn't need a Savior and didn't feel like going to the Cross.
Remember what true love is? Read 1 Corinthians 13. 2-10. Lets love those around us with that kind of love, not the "warm fuzzies " and taking up our "rights." Lets try taking our "rights" to the Cross and laying them there at Jesus' feet. He's the ultimate giver and teacher of love.
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