“I love you Dad”, these words, spoken by our son years ago, still resonate with me. When they were spoken by him a few weeks ago they filled me again. Here our son, now a father himself, spoke of his love for me. I was filled with an emotion and a knowledge that was deep and beautiful. When the love of others for us is expressed in word and deed our lives are filled to the brim and overflow. We live in that love.
The Creator of all that is speaks of his love for us throughout the Bible. We are told that the deepest expression of this love is shown to us in Jesus, God in the flesh. As followers of Jesus we affirm without a doubt that God is love. We affirm this because this is what the Bible teaches in 1 John 4:16. There we also read that all those who live in love live in God, and God lives them. (New Living Translation).
Each day in Lent we draw closer to the day when we remember Jesus' death for us. A person who dies for another gives the deepest expression of his or her love for us. A person who loves gives expression to that love in concrete action. Jesus walk to the cross is his walk of love for us.
Today, live in God’s love for you. There you and I will discover quantities of love that will fill our lives to the brim and they will overflow. Those we live with will know. God will rejoice. Be blessed.
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