Love truly is a great thing, just stop and think about it even for a second. We have this characteristic modeled to us by the greatest man that has ever lived. Those who are believers experience this great joy, this feeling we call being loved every second of every day of our whole entire life. That is more then most of this world can say sincerely. As followers of Christ living in this world we get to be the biggest and most often times the ONLY example and picture of what love truly is to those around us. Those people we come in contact with on a daily basis. With a smile, holding the door for a few seconds longer while someone walks through, a hello, or thank you after being served or helped how great a difference can be seen, these things that may spark the question in someones mind "what's with them/ something is different/ hmmm they are like everyone else" This, this is what living with Christ shining through us begins to look like, while this is certainly just scratching the surface, one smile and one thank you at a time could change someone for the better. Just like we find in 1 Corinthians 13:13 "So now faith, hope, and LOVE abide, these three; but the GREATEST of these is LOVE"
And just as the hymn write Stuart Towend wrote:
How deep the Father's love for us,
How vast beyond all measure
That He should give His only Son
To make a wretch His treasure
We have the honor and ability to display, manifest, share and spread this great love that we have been given to those around us, those believers, non believers, friends, boyfriend, girlfriend, mother, father, sister, brother, grandma and grandpa. That endless, boundless, deep wide great and high love that the Father of the universe LAVISHLY poured out as a gift to be freely given and received by all!
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