Free to LOVE. What a thought! Free to love! The God who created us in love, who created us to love, loves us. The love we show is love that is rooted in God. The responsibility is awesome. God loves through us.
But why, in a world of anger, hatred, evil, are we showered with love and enabled to love?
Because there is nothing else in this world that can combat, negate, or remove them. God is love. The divine trinity is love. Love is the essential characteristic of God. When we love we are simply being and doing who we were created to be and do. Love conquers evil. We see this happen on the cross of Christ.
Some of us have seen love in action. A wife forgives a husband for betraying the love they committed to each other. A victim of abuse forgives his abuser. A man on a cross asks God to forgive his tormentors and murderers. Love so amazing is divine.
Jesus' teaching guides us in our lives. Jesus' death frees us to love. Truly, everything else is secondary to the love we extend to our families, friends and beyond. It all points to the God Jonah said abounded in love, even to the point of loving the sworn enemies of his people. This love has touched even a person like myself. And you. It is ours to show to others today. God bless and empower us to do so.
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