Love.

“I am love.” As I was asking the Lord what to say today, I received this response. I sat with it pretty much all day. You know, letting it sink in and trying to think what to add to it. Now, I realize that there is nothing else needed. You see, that is where folks get in trouble with the concept of love. They try to complicate love with conditions and expectations, not to mention memories and failures. By the time, you try to get to the core definition of what love is, it has been so diluted by what man has attached to it that the real depth has been lost. It truly is as simple as the Lord’s statement. He is love and He is enough. I know you wanted something deep but that is as deep as it needs to be. If people would just let God’s love shine through their actions, their speech, their marriage, how they raised their children, how they give, and their responses, the world would be in a much better place. So today is just about reminding you about the precious and effective love of God. It is cleansing, perfecting, and redeeming. It is everlasting, kind, and patient. It overshadows and casts out fear and it covers all offense. It is everything that you need and more than enough. It is God.

We love because he first loved us. - 1 John 4:19

And above all these put on love, which binds everything together in perfect harmony. – Colossians 3:14

Anyone who does not love does not know God, because God is love. – 1 John 4:8

So now faith, hope, and love abide, these three; but the greatest of these is love. – 1 Corinthians 13:3

Greater love has no one than this, that someone lay down his life for his friends. – John 15:13

For God so loved the world, that He gave His only Son, that whoever believes in Him should not perish but have eternal life. – John 3:16

May you always know and receive the special and all-encompassing love of God. It heals, delivers, and saves and will keep you warmer than the gifts or words of man. May you feel that love today and everyday of your life.

Amen