Wednesday, March 12, 2008

3:16 - Rethinking the Nature of Love

"Love means loving the unlovable - or it is no virtue at all." - Anonymous


We've been talking this month about living 3:16 in a 9/11 world. Each week we've read passages involving different 3:16 verses. Well, this coming Sunday, March 16, we've finally gotten to the one we're all most familiar with..... John 3:16.

The love we typically recognize involves taking..... But God's love involves giving. Truly, "God gave His One and Only Son."

Interestingly enough, we're also looking at FIRST John 3:16, which says nearly the same thing..."This is how we have come to know love; He laid down His life for us...." (Isn't it cool how God works those things out.....)

God doesn't love in just words, He proves it. God's love changes us. We are a new creation when we accept His love, His gift.

Do you know His love, and has it changed you into a new person?

He loves you!

1 comment:

Muse-ack_Man said...

What does love look like? It has the hands to help others. It has the feet to hasten to the poor and needy. It has eyes to see misery and want. It has the ears to hear the sighs and sorrows of men. That is what love looks like.

- Saint Augustine

Good words, I look forward to reading more.