Christian~ese 101
begins
with the word
Love
because
"Whoever does not Love does not know God, because God is Love." I John 4:8
Love
is an action~
"Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind and with all your strength.’ The second is this: ‘Love your neighbor as yourself.’
There is no commandment greater than these.” Mark 12:30-31
Love
is an action
as we are called to
Love
the Lord
&
Love
our neighbor as ourselves.
The questions arise~
Who is our neighbor
&
Do I really even love myself?
First things first
"What is Love?"~
not according to Webster
but according to
the One who knows
first hand
what
Love really is~
"Love never gives up.
Love cares more for others than for self.
Love doesn’t want what it doesn’t have.
Love doesn’t strut, Doesn’t have a swelled head, Doesn’t force itself on others, Isn’t always “me first,” Doesn’t fly off the handle, Doesn’t keep score of the sins of others, Doesn’t revel when others grovel, Takes pleasure in the flowering of truth, Puts up with anything, Trusts God always, Always looks for the best, Never looks back, But keeps going to the end." I Corinthians 13:4-7
Hmm...
Love
does cover it all, doesn't it?
Therefore
we can
Love our neighbor~ whomever we come into contact with
&
Love yourself~receive and believe God's love for you
Just because
Love
is
Him
who
puts
Love
into action
all the time
&
now it is our turn
to
Walk the Talk~
"But for right now, until that completeness,
we have three things to do to lead us toward that consummation:
Trust steadily in God,
Hope unswervingly,
Love extravagantly.
And the best of the three is
Love."
I Corinthians 13:3