The Source of Love
Dear friends, let us love one another, for love comes from God. Everyone who loves has been born of God and knows God. Whoever does not love does not know God, because God is love.
~ 1 John 4:7-8 (NIV)
What if someone told you they loved you, but then spread a terrible rumor about you behind your back? Would you believe that person? Maybe if it happened once, you could forgive and move on. But if it happened over and over again, you’d have a good reason to doubt that person’s love.
As believers, we are supposed to love others as we love ourselves. Yet often we are guilty of treating people in unloving ways. We all do it, and that’s a shame, because it doesn’t have to be that way. In fact, there’s no reason for it to be that way.
We can use the excuse that we’re only human, but it’s not human love that we rely on. According to 1 John 4:8, the God we serve is love. Everything that is loving or shows love comes from him. He is the source of all love.
As his children, we have constant access to his love. When we have a hard time feeling love for other people, we only need to ask God for his love. That’s what he wants us to do. If we’re not showing God’s love to others, we give people a reason to doubt whether God’s love is really in us or if God’s love is even real. And once doubt creeps in, trust is hard to regain.
Father, your love for us surpasses all our hopes and desires. Forgive our failings, keep us in your peace and lead us in the way of salvation. We ask this through our Lord Jesus Christ, your Son, who lives and reigns with you and the Holy Spirit, one God, for ever and ever. Amen.In Jesus,
Chaplain Kenny
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