God LOVES Us
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. 17 For God did not send his Son into the world to condemn the world, but to save the world through him.
1 John 4:8
God is LOVE
8 Whoever does not love does not know God, because God is love.
Deuteronomy 4:29
Seeking God
29 But if from there you seek the LORD your God, you will find him if you seek him with all your heart and with all your soul.
Luke 10:25-28
Loving God and Loving Neighbor
25 On one occasion an expert in the law stood up to test Jesus. “Teacher,” he asked, “what must I do to inherit eternal life?”
26 “What is written in the Law?” he replied. “How do you read it?”
27 He answered, “‘Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your strength and with all your mind’; and, ‘Love your neighbor as yourself.’”
28 “You have answered correctly,” Jesus replied. “Do this and you will live.”
Acts 4:12
Jesus is Savior of the World
12 Salvation is found in no one else, for there is no other name under heaven given to mankind by which we must be saved.
Moses wrote that we are to seek God and we will find Him if we seek Him with all of our heart and all of our soul...And Jesus many years later teaches us that we are to "Love the LORD your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your strength and with all your mind."...If we look at these verses we see that there is the heart and love in these verses...And because God is LOVE, I can understand why we would seek God with all of our hearts and when we find Him, let us love Him with all of our heart...Love starts with God, because He is LOVE and He knows we need His help with love...He knows of the difficulty we have in living each and every neighbor...So we must look to Him for this help in loving those we struggle with...To believe that we can love every neighbor and even our enemies is radical and a radical way of looking at love, so we must look to Him to believe that we can love this way...To love our enemies and to love every neighbor is really a difficult task and doctrine to follow...But nothing is impossible for God, and love is the answer to much, if not all of our world's problems...And because God is LOVE, He expresses His LOVE in many ways...Over one's lifetime, one sees love in many things, nature, and people...God's LOVE is not based solely on feelings of LOVE, but on a foundation of Absolute Truths...His LOVE is Completely Selfless...And God's LOVE is not an impersonal LOVE, but He LOVES you as a beloved child of His...
And St. John also writes that God so loves the world that He gave his One and Only Son, that whoever believes in Him shall not perish but have eternal life...God did not send His Son into the world to condemn the world of sinners, but to save the world through Him...That means we will be saved by His Son...Even though we are sinners, and have faults, make mistakes, and screw up...So God did not send His Son to reward the righteous, but rather God saw and knew that assistance was needed on earth, and so He sent One for those of us who sin...Jesus was always looking out for others...So we get to see Jesus' LOVE throughout His ministry for us, as He does miracles, heals the sick, forgives sinners He meets, in His teachings, and then His dying on the cross...And even while He was going to the cross, He forgave those who where putting Him there, for they did not know what they were doing...He died out of LOVE on the cross for us, and now salvation is open for all who believe in Him...Salvation is found in no one else...And LOVE is the motivating factor behind our salvation...God has given us salvation through His Son, so that we maybe children of His, and to show us this deeper, eternal LOVE that He has and Is...
Jesus planted seeds of LOVE, during His ministry and they have grown ever since...It is His LOVE we build on...
This statement, this verse that God is LOVE is for us...It is for us to remember that He is Eternal and Infinite LOVE...Eternal LOVE is Perfect, Infinite, Forgiving, and must be shared...LOVE is this Great Caring Light of this World...And Jesus is the Light...The Light of LOVE...