Love

John 3:16
"For God so loved the world that he gave his one and only Son, that whoever believes in him shall not perish but have eternal life.

Love is a word or term that is used in many ways in our world today. I love apple pie, I love chocolate, I love your dress, I love everybody, and on and on. The word has become so trivial we often can't distinguish between love and like. If a friend says I love you, do they love or like you? If an aquaintance says they love your house, do they? We hear it so often it has lost the meaning of something special and unique.

John 3:16, tells us that God loves us so much He sent His one and only Son for me and you knowing Jesus would be beaten, spat upon and crucified to redeem us from an eternal life spent in Hell. This is the love that says I will do whatever is necessary to assure you an eternal life in Heaven praising God forever and ever with all the saints. This is a love which is willing to die a horrible death to give us a joy and peace filled life while we remain on this earth. It is a love which places everyone else before me and being willing to die for them. It's a love which sees everyone as God's created being and that each one has the opportunity to be God's child.

This is a love we cannot experience except through knowing God in a real and personal way. It is only through knowing God the Father and following in His paths can we experience this kind of love and have the capacity to show love to others. It is possible only through accepting Jesus as God's son who came to die and rise again to live in heaven to be our intecessor to the Father. To know Him we have to read and study His Word, pray to Him, listen to Him and follow Him.

Will you join me in this great adventure? Will you be my sister and brother in Christ? I pray so.

The Georgia Peach