Bonding Agent
We cannot separate God from love because He is love (1 John 4:8). To know God means we know love but all too often we claim to know God and yet we treat each other with anything but love. Why does this happen? Perhaps it is because we don't really understand how important love is or its strength.
And above all these [put on] love and enfold yourselves with the bond of perfectness [which bind everything together completely in ideal harmony].
Col. 3:14 Amplified
"Above all" - that means love is the most important thing we can put on. It is not something we do naturally or all the time either. "Put on" - means we do it on purpose. We decide to respond with love and then follow through on that decision. It has nothing to do with "feeling like it." It is a decision.
Sharing God's love in our daily lives is something we choose to do no matter how we feel. God's love for us and the love He wants us to share with others is not an emotional, gooey, girly, soft love but it is a committed, strong, enduring, and unchanging love.
God loves us greatly and there is nothing that can separate us from His love (Rom. 8:38-39). In Jesus Christ, He reveals the depth of His love for us.
For God so loved the world that He gave His one and only Son, so that everyone who believes in Him will not perish but have eternal life.
John 3:16 NLT
God loves you. Period. Nothing you have done or will do can alter that in any way. This is one of the hardest things for us to really accept. "It seems to good to be true" - yes. "Even after all the things I've said and done" - yes. "Even though I don't deserve it" - yes. "But how can I make it up to Him" - you can't. "This doesn't make sense" - yes but it is true.
God loves you even when you turn your back on Him, reject Him, or forget Him. His love is a constant steady foundation that you can base your entire life on. Irregardless of your past and no matter what you are feeling - God loves you a lot. Always has and always will.
Because God's love is so strong,it is the perfect bonding agent especially when we let it move through us. God's love never lets go of us and never stops chasing us. It continually pours down and covers us keeping us safe. Love is strong and God's love can never be broken.
Love is the one agent that bonds everything (and everyone) together in perfect harmony.
Heidirn
And above all these [put on] love and enfold yourselves with the bond of perfectness [which bind everything together completely in ideal harmony].
Col. 3:14 Amplified
"Above all" - that means love is the most important thing we can put on. It is not something we do naturally or all the time either. "Put on" - means we do it on purpose. We decide to respond with love and then follow through on that decision. It has nothing to do with "feeling like it." It is a decision.
Sharing God's love in our daily lives is something we choose to do no matter how we feel. God's love for us and the love He wants us to share with others is not an emotional, gooey, girly, soft love but it is a committed, strong, enduring, and unchanging love.
God loves us greatly and there is nothing that can separate us from His love (Rom. 8:38-39). In Jesus Christ, He reveals the depth of His love for us.
For God so loved the world that He gave His one and only Son, so that everyone who believes in Him will not perish but have eternal life.
John 3:16 NLT
God loves you. Period. Nothing you have done or will do can alter that in any way. This is one of the hardest things for us to really accept. "It seems to good to be true" - yes. "Even after all the things I've said and done" - yes. "Even though I don't deserve it" - yes. "But how can I make it up to Him" - you can't. "This doesn't make sense" - yes but it is true.
God loves you even when you turn your back on Him, reject Him, or forget Him. His love is a constant steady foundation that you can base your entire life on. Irregardless of your past and no matter what you are feeling - God loves you a lot. Always has and always will.
Because God's love is so strong,it is the perfect bonding agent especially when we let it move through us. God's love never lets go of us and never stops chasing us. It continually pours down and covers us keeping us safe. Love is strong and God's love can never be broken.
Love is the one agent that bonds everything (and everyone) together in perfect harmony.
Heidirn
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