Digging Deeper - GUMY JR/SR Session Defining Love 2.12.12
This is how we know what love is: Jesus Christ laid down his life for us. And we ought to lay down our lives for our brothers and sisters.
1 John 3:16
Love.
Love is a word which gets overused in our English language.
I love hockey and I love my family.
But can I really love them the same way? Can I really love an inanimate object?
Love is the essence of who we are as Christians. Love is at the center of why Christ made the sacrifice of leaving Heaven and all of its Glory to walk amongst man and ultimately lay his life down so that we could one day be reconciled with God.
I have a hard time matching this kind of love with my love for hockey.
We throw the word love around loosely and without feeling, when we should recognize it for the power-filled word that it is...LOVE.
Loving someone - unconditionally with no strings attached - is the greatest most difficult gift to give another person. But, when you love this way - when you love the way Jesus loves each of us - you will find that the experience transcends mere words.
We are called to love each other the way Jesus loves us.
What an awesome responsibility...
Scripture
Quote of the Day
The hunger for love is much more difficult to remove than the hunger for bread
Mother Teresa
Question
When have you loved as Jesus loves?
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