Do You Love Me? Yes? No? Circle one!

I found a book a few days ago that was filled with love! It was a book that was only a few inches in size but the love in it could not be measured. My daughter, Nealy at age 6 scrawled how much she loved me and would miss me when I went to the hospital to have my “babby”! I was pregnant at the time with my fourth child and I am sure she was thinking of the days that I would be gone from her and her sisters. She pledged to help her dad while I was gone and to help me when I came home. And at the end she wrote “Do you love me? Yes? No? Circle one!” Of course I circled “yes”!

This morning, I hold in my hands another book filled with love! It is God's word! I hear many people say that the bible is so hard to read but when you take the time to read it you will find how much God loves us. I love to read the “love” chapter in 1 Corinthians. In 1 Corinthians 13:1-13 it tells of a love that is patient, kind. A love that is not proud or dishonoring, not selfish, easily angered or a keeper of records of wrongs. Verse 13 says; And now these three remain: faith, hope and love. But the greatest of these is love.

….For God is Love. 1 John 4:8

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

And I am convinced that nothing can ever separate us from God's love. Neither death nor life, neither angels nor demons, neither our fears for today nor our worries about tomorrow not even the powers of hell can separate us from God's love. Romans 8:38

For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believes in him should not perish, but have everlasting life. John 3:16

The scriptures on “love” are too numerous to put here today but believe me they tell me that the God of the Bible is the God who is LOVE!

And God says to each of us, “Do you love me? Yes? No? Circle one!”

 

 

May God's grace be eternally upon all who love our Lord Jesus Christ.  Ephesians 6:24