My love is so imperfect! Sometimes I get stressed and become snippy with people I claim to love. I get really busy and fail to spend time with ones I claim to love. I've talked behind the backs of people I claim to love. I've been impatient with kids I claim to love. I've chosen my own comfort and convenience over the needs of those I claim to love. I have not always kept my word with those that I've claimed to love. I have harbored bitterness against those I claim to love. Clearly, though, I have attempted love, have in many ways failed at it.
The good news is,
"This is love: not that we loved God, but that he loved us..." (1 John 4:10)" Also, "...love comes from God..." (1 John 4:7)
And these truth couldn't come at a better time than now. If we base love on how we love or how others love us, then love fails miserably! But the truth is that God is love, love comes from God, and true love only exists through Him. What a relief to know that love isn't as impatient, selfish, and inconsiderate as I can be sometimes. What hope there is in knowing that love is not proportionate to the way others have treated us. Love is equivalent to God. That's it. Nothing more, nothing less. God is love. And I cannot love without God.
The good news is,
"This is love: not that we loved God, but that he loved us..." (1 John 4:10)" Also, "...love comes from God..." (1 John 4:7)
And these truth couldn't come at a better time than now. If we base love on how we love or how others love us, then love fails miserably! But the truth is that God is love, love comes from God, and true love only exists through Him. What a relief to know that love isn't as impatient, selfish, and inconsiderate as I can be sometimes. What hope there is in knowing that love is not proportionate to the way others have treated us. Love is equivalent to God. That's it. Nothing more, nothing less. God is love. And I cannot love without God.
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