first id like to say, i really appreciate the people around me. my brothers and sisters who continually encourage me, even when it's not necessarily something i WANT to hear. :) and for the Ramp and their status updates that come to my phone :)
"how do we know we love God? we love people. 1 John 4:8"
that verse reads, starting in verse seven...
"Dear friends, let us continue to love one another, for love comes from God. Anyone who loves is a child of God and knows God. But anyone who does not love does not know God, for God is love."
Jesus uses people to encourage me, and then He encourages me. and. ahh. Jesus. <3
this encourages me, because i was kind of complaining, but not really, but..yeah. kinda complaining that i love people.
"God, some of these people that i love ive known for a short time. others I've known for forever. why do You let me love them all so much? WHYY do You let me do things that hurt?"
love does hurt, because of various different factors. but "love never gives up, never loses faith, is always hopeful and endures through every circumstance." [1 Corinthians 13] it also doesnt count the cost.
soo...no matter how much it costs me, and no matter how hard the circumstance may look to me, if i love God, i love people. [and vice-versa]
it later says in the chapter "..since God loved us that much, we surely ought to love each other. No one has ever seen God. But if we love each other, God lives in us, and His love is brought to full expression in us...God is love, and all who live in love live in God, and God lives in them. And as we live in God, our love grows more perfect....Such love has no fear, because perfect love expels all fear."
oh Jesus, thank You for the Word.
"..if we dont love people we can see, how can we love God, whom we cannot see? and He has given us this command: Those who love God must also love their Christian brothers and sisters."
so, what's God showing me? that it's okay to love. it's okay to love, even when its rejected or brushed off or not returned or whatever. and it's not only okay, but it's good, and it proves that i love Him, that i love people. :')
Holy Spirit is the best best best encourager ever.
love love love love...
I GET TO LOVE!!!!! oh my goodness im so excited and so happy.
"how do we know we love God? we love people. 1 John 4:8"
that verse reads, starting in verse seven...
"Dear friends, let us continue to love one another, for love comes from God. Anyone who loves is a child of God and knows God. But anyone who does not love does not know God, for God is love."
Jesus uses people to encourage me, and then He encourages me. and. ahh. Jesus. <3
this encourages me, because i was kind of complaining, but not really, but..yeah. kinda complaining that i love people.
"God, some of these people that i love ive known for a short time. others I've known for forever. why do You let me love them all so much? WHYY do You let me do things that hurt?"
love does hurt, because of various different factors. but "love never gives up, never loses faith, is always hopeful and endures through every circumstance." [1 Corinthians 13] it also doesnt count the cost.
soo...no matter how much it costs me, and no matter how hard the circumstance may look to me, if i love God, i love people. [and vice-versa]
it later says in the chapter "..since God loved us that much, we surely ought to love each other. No one has ever seen God. But if we love each other, God lives in us, and His love is brought to full expression in us...God is love, and all who live in love live in God, and God lives in them. And as we live in God, our love grows more perfect....Such love has no fear, because perfect love expels all fear."
oh Jesus, thank You for the Word.
"..if we dont love people we can see, how can we love God, whom we cannot see? and He has given us this command: Those who love God must also love their Christian brothers and sisters."
so, what's God showing me? that it's okay to love. it's okay to love, even when its rejected or brushed off or not returned or whatever. and it's not only okay, but it's good, and it proves that i love Him, that i love people. :')
Holy Spirit is the best best best encourager ever.
love love love love...
I GET TO LOVE!!!!! oh my goodness im so excited and so happy.
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