Thursday, January 11, 2018

Look Up, Look In, Love Out

They will know you are Christians by your love.

There are so many hurting in the world all around you. Look up from your feet, from your business, and look into the eyes of those you pass. See their pain and feel what they feel.

Each of them is not their political stance, their cause, or opinion. No, they are each a divine creation of God's making...one that He treasures and yearns for. 

No matter how despicable someone may be to you, to the Father, they are precious, valuable beyond what you can understand. 

And so are you.

You can begin this new year with the confident assurance of His immeasurable love for you. He rejoices over you with singing, and His thoughts toward you outnumber the grains of sand in the earth.

How great is His love for you! Out of that love should flow your love to others and that is how the world will know we are His.

Do a love evaluation today. Look at 1 Corinthians 13 and see what true love is and put yourself in those verses. Are you patient? Are you kind? Do you keep a record of wrongs? Are you boastful?

Allow the light of the Word to illuminate and open the eyes of your heart today. There's a whole world that needs the love of Christ. It starts with each of us individually realizing by the Holy Spirit how much we are deeply loved by the Father through the Son.

God bless you and keep you today :)