Oh How I Love Thee! (#15)

God looks upon us -- “How do I love you? Let me help you count the ways.”

How does God’s love impact our lives? How do we respond to such a love?

Those who mean something to God should also mean something to us. If God is our Father, then there should be a kindred spirit between us and our brothers and sisters.

John stated:
“(19) We love because he first loved us. (20) If anyone says, ‘I love God,’ and hates his brother, he is a liar; for he who does not love his brother whom he has seen cannot love God whom he has not seen. (21) And this commandment we have from him: WHOEVER LOVES GOD MUST ALSO LOVE HIS BROTHER.” ( I John 4:19-21 ESV)

God loved first and our love is to simply fall in line with His kind of love. We are to share His loves. In this way we will be more like Him. Remember, God has loved you and me in spite of our quirks and flaws. God’s love has empowered changes in our lives and our love can impact others in that way as well. As God loved us with the hope we would respond in kind, let us act the same toward our brethren. Loving is always the right thing to do.

Have a great day with a KINDRED SPIRIT OF LOVE!
Carl

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[This focus was originally sent 07/27/1999 (Edited some with passage changed to ESV)]

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