Four little letters.
L - O - V - E.
Thousands of applications.
Friends. Family. Romance. Activities. Pets. Foods. Beverages. Colors. Clothes.
Love you (insert family member or friend). I love golf. I love my cat. I love ice cream. I love diet coke. I love blue. I love hoodies. Etc.
Can those four little letters really apply to all of those areas?
In the English language, yes. But in other languages... love is so much... more.
God's love - agape - is unconditional, self-sacrificing love.
In an effort to get my faith moving forward again, I've started a new bible study on God's love ("He Is My Life"). I'm five days in (a week, book-wise), and I really like it. This first week has simply focused on how God's love is so significantly different from the human love that is so prevalent in our culture today. God's love, in us, results in pure joy (John 15:10-11). He longs for a relationship with us... he wants to be our best friend... he wants to fill us with his love so that we may joyfully fill others.
Over the next 9 weeks, as I study and learn more about God's love, it is my goal and sincere hope that I will come to love others more... not because it is easy, but because it is what God calls us to do.
