LOVE IS IN THE AIR
John 3:16
For God so loved the world, that he gave his one and only Son, that whoever believes in him should not perish, but have eternal life.
I believe that sacrificing your child for the sake of others is an act of immense love, the grandest of all time. However, this is not the way God expects us to express our love. The most profound way to demonstrate love is to love God wholeheartedly, with all your heart, soul, mind, and strength. Once you love God, you naturally love your neighbor as you would love yourself, treating them with the same respect, fairness, and kindness that you desire for yourself. This involves prioritizing others’ needs in a spirit of generosity, actively listening, understanding, and refraining from gossip and malice.
God isn’t referring to our neighbors or those across the street, although we should love them too. Even if their dog barks incessantly or their music is too loud, we should still love them. Jesus teaches us that a neighbor is anyone in need of help, regardless of their background, ethnicity, or religion. The Bible calls us to love and serve everyone we encounter who needs our help, making the definition of “neighbor” as broad as humanity itself.
What is love? And how do we utilize it for the better good.
1Corinthians 13:4-7
Love is patient and kind. Love is not jealous or boastful or proud or rude. It does not demand it’s own way. It is not irritable, and it keeps no record of being wronged. It does not rejoice about injustice but rejoices whenever the truth wins out.
Love never gives up, never loses faith, is always hopeful, and endures through every circumstance.
Patience and kindness are fundamental virtues in the Bible, as mentioned in Galatians 5:22-23. These virtues are considered essential for spiritual growth and mortality. By cultivating patience and kindness, we can express love.
On the other hand, jealousy, boastfulness, and envy are portrayed as unspiritual and evil.
Love is a positive response to life’s events.
Love is unwavering and persistent, unlike human beings who are prone to failure love never fails. I recall hearing the phrase “to straighten up and fly right” when I was growing up. It was a call to action, a reminder to behave properly, act responsibly, and stop acting foolish. It was a time to get my act together. I imagine that I’m not the only one who has heard those words, and there’s probably someone in your life whom you’ve expressed those words to as well. The one constant during those times was the unwavering love that came from those words. That love never wavered, no matter how many times I messed up. I knew I was loved.
Even though I sometimes felt like I had let others down, God’s faith in me never wavered. He knew that I would eventually get it right. His mercy spared me, forgave my mistakes, and gave me a chance at a fresh start. Yes, God offers do-overs because He loves us.
In Ephesians 3:18 Paul states that, may you have the power to understand as all God’s people should, how wide, how long, how high, and how deep his love is. Love is everywhere, we just have to open our eyes to see it and our minds and our hearts to share it. And because love is so vast, and is spoken of so often in the Bible, I had a hard time choosing a closing scripture. I flipped a lot of pages and researched a lot of passages trying to find just the right verse and then I decided since I started with John, that I would close with John.
John 14:34
“So now I am giving you a new commandment. Love each other. Just as I have love you, you should love each other.
For God so loved the world, that he gave his one and only Son, that whoever believes in him should not perish, but have eternal life.
I believe that sacrificing your child for the sake of others is an act of immense love, the grandest of all time. However, this is not the way God expects us to express our love. The most profound way to demonstrate love is to love God wholeheartedly, with all your heart, soul, mind, and strength. Once you love God, you naturally love your neighbor as you would love yourself, treating them with the same respect, fairness, and kindness that you desire for yourself. This involves prioritizing others’ needs in a spirit of generosity, actively listening, understanding, and refraining from gossip and malice.
God isn’t referring to our neighbors or those across the street, although we should love them too. Even if their dog barks incessantly or their music is too loud, we should still love them. Jesus teaches us that a neighbor is anyone in need of help, regardless of their background, ethnicity, or religion. The Bible calls us to love and serve everyone we encounter who needs our help, making the definition of “neighbor” as broad as humanity itself.
What is love? And how do we utilize it for the better good.
1Corinthians 13:4-7
Love is patient and kind. Love is not jealous or boastful or proud or rude. It does not demand it’s own way. It is not irritable, and it keeps no record of being wronged. It does not rejoice about injustice but rejoices whenever the truth wins out.
Love never gives up, never loses faith, is always hopeful, and endures through every circumstance.
Patience and kindness are fundamental virtues in the Bible, as mentioned in Galatians 5:22-23. These virtues are considered essential for spiritual growth and mortality. By cultivating patience and kindness, we can express love.
On the other hand, jealousy, boastfulness, and envy are portrayed as unspiritual and evil.
Love is a positive response to life’s events.
Love is unwavering and persistent, unlike human beings who are prone to failure love never fails. I recall hearing the phrase “to straighten up and fly right” when I was growing up. It was a call to action, a reminder to behave properly, act responsibly, and stop acting foolish. It was a time to get my act together. I imagine that I’m not the only one who has heard those words, and there’s probably someone in your life whom you’ve expressed those words to as well. The one constant during those times was the unwavering love that came from those words. That love never wavered, no matter how many times I messed up. I knew I was loved.
Even though I sometimes felt like I had let others down, God’s faith in me never wavered. He knew that I would eventually get it right. His mercy spared me, forgave my mistakes, and gave me a chance at a fresh start. Yes, God offers do-overs because He loves us.
In Ephesians 3:18 Paul states that, may you have the power to understand as all God’s people should, how wide, how long, how high, and how deep his love is. Love is everywhere, we just have to open our eyes to see it and our minds and our hearts to share it. And because love is so vast, and is spoken of so often in the Bible, I had a hard time choosing a closing scripture. I flipped a lot of pages and researched a lot of passages trying to find just the right verse and then I decided since I started with John, that I would close with John.
John 14:34
“So now I am giving you a new commandment. Love each other. Just as I have love you, you should love each other.
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