And now I give you a new commandment: love one another. As I have loved you, so you must love one another. (John 13:34)
Do not take revenge on others or continue to hate them, but love your neighbors as you love yourself. I am the Lord. (Leviticus 19:18)
Above everything, love one another earnestly, because love covers over many sins. (1 Peter 4:8)
Be under obligation to no one—the only obligation you have is to love one another. Whoever does this has obeyed the Law. (Romans 13:8)
My children, our love should not be just words and talk; it must be true love, which shows itself in action. (1 John 3:18)
Do not take revenge on others or continue to hate them, but love your neighbors as you love yourself. I am the Lord. (Leviticus 19:18)
Above everything, love one another earnestly, because love covers over many sins. (1 Peter 4:8)
Be under obligation to no one—the only obligation you have is to love one another. Whoever does this has obeyed the Law. (Romans 13:8)
My children, our love should not be just words and talk; it must be true love, which shows itself in action. (1 John 3:18)
My daughter and son in law just gave my husband and I a movie to watch. The title of the movie is "Instant Family." I laughed. I cried. I got mad. I was moved with just about every human emotion a person can be moved with. I am well acquainted with adoption. We have two grandsons that are adopted. However, watching this young couple go through all the emotions of wanting children and to hear their children address them as "Mom and Dad" was overwhelming.
This got me thinking about how badly we truly all want and need to be loved. From our Mom brushing our hair, to a Dad helping us learn how to drive. We want to be wanted. We want to know we matter. We want to be special to someone.
This is the greatest Love Story in the world and it's found over and over again in the Bible. God loves us. God adopts us through Jesus His son. We become part of the family of God. Then, throughout all of life's ups and downs Jesus never leaves us. If we park ourself in the middle of a dumpster He will not leave us.
This got me thinking about how badly we truly all want and need to be loved. From our Mom brushing our hair, to a Dad helping us learn how to drive. We want to be wanted. We want to know we matter. We want to be special to someone.
This is the greatest Love Story in the world and it's found over and over again in the Bible. God loves us. God adopts us through Jesus His son. We become part of the family of God. Then, throughout all of life's ups and downs Jesus never leaves us. If we park ourself in the middle of a dumpster He will not leave us.
ACTION STEP: Get the movie Instant Family. Watch it with your family. If your single watch it alone. Regardless, of where you find yourself in life know for certainty that you belong to the Family of God, and God will not give up on you no matter how difficult you may be. God knows how to love the unloveable and we need to know how to love the unloveable as well. Then, get in the Word of God and find out what love looks like. Find out what love does. Then, with the help and guidance of Jesus--love like Jesus.
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