The REAL Love

"For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life." John 3:16

"Greater love hath no man than this, that a man lay down his life for his friends." John 15:13


February 14th, St. Valentines Day.....The day of love. For many years I have come to loath that date. It started out because I got so tired of all the "lovey-dovey" acts of boyfriends\girlfriends, fiances, and spouses. I was, and still am, single and thought if I couldn't experience those feelings then no one else should. That dislike turned more towards the commercialization of the holiday as I got older. It seemed like a joke to put aside one day a year to tell people you love them by purchasing cards, flowers, candy, expensive jewelry. Heaven forbid for a lot if you neglected to do such thing because you would be in the "dog house" for awhile. So adding those reasonings together I just flat out hated the thought of Valentines Day.

If not for the comments of some good friends and God working on that part of my heart, I would not have the thoughts I now have for this day. While I am still not a fan of it. I am going to think on the REAL love, this year. The scriptures above are just a glimpse into the Love our God has for us. If not for the love He had by sending His ONLY son to live in the evil world and endure what no man before or after Him has endured and died on a cross, there would be no love at all.
1 John 4:7-8 says that God is love and those who do not know Him can NEVER love. Those couples out there who are calling what they are doing love, but have not accepted the REAL love that God gives, are doing nothing but lusting. You must know the REAL love Christ gives and love Him before you can even begin to know what loving others is all about.

I want to say I love my family, I love my church family, I love my friends, but most importantly I LOVE MY LORD AND SAVIOR, JESUS and the FATHER!

If you do not know the REAL love, I hope and pray you do that before it is everlasting too late. Once you find the Love of God, the love you have for others will be so much more than you could ever imagine.