There's an old adage that says, "Love makes the world go 'round". Maybe it's a song lyric or a poetic verse; whatever it is, the implication has merit. Love may indeed be what keeps this old world turning. For without love this world would not survive a single day. As we contemplate the meaning of love in our lives we must see that it was God's love that allowed our existence and subsequent survival.
In the first letter of John we find a succinct description of God's love, in
l John 4:7-13; "To you whom I love I say, let us go on loving one another, for love comes from God. Every man who truly loves is God's son and has some knowledge of him. But the man who does not love cannot know him at all, for God is love.
To us, the greatest demonstration of God's love for us has been his sending his only Son into the world to give us life through him. We see real love, not in the fact that we loved God, but that he loved us and sent his Son to make personal atonement for our sins. If God loved us as much as that, surely we, in our turn, should love one another! It is true that no human being has ever had a direct vision of God. Yet if we love one another God does actually live within us, and his love grows in us toward perfection. And as I wrote above, the guarantee of our living in him and his living in us is the share of his own Spirit which he gives us."
Without love in our lives and consequently without God, Creator of the Universe, in our lives the world would not exist. Love allows us to exist, side by side, in the world. Can you imagine a world without Love? Can you imagine a world without God?
The message is simple; Love one another! Love God! Be grateful!
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