what make our lives worth
living. Many people
experience times in their lives
when they feel unloved.
During these times it's easy
to dwell on those negative
thoughts, but allowing it to
continue leads to
unhappiness and depression.
Love is the energy of life. It is
what motivates people to get
up each day and keep going.
Love gives life purpose and
meaning. Everywhere you
look you see people
searching for love…but
they're looking in the wrong
places. God is love, and they
will never find what they're
looking for until they find
Him.
People look for fulfillment in
life in different ways. These
ways may seem good at first,
but eventually the
unsuccessful search will leave
them feeling frustrated,
disappointed and empty. The
only way they can find the
true fulfillment they are so
desperately seeking is to
choose to walk in love—to
actually put love into action
by reaching out and loving
others.
As soon as I made a
commitment to God, I began
to hear people talk about the
importance of loving others.
Since I wanted to live my life
according to the Bible, I
wanted to walk in love, but I
just couldn't. I had the
urge…but no power to follow
through. I always made
elaborate plans but couldn't
carry them out.
Unfulfilled desire is often
frustrating. I felt very
frustrated and wondered
what was wrong with me. I
was impatient with people. I
was legalistic, harsh,
judgmental, rude, selfish and
unforgiving—and that is only
the beginning of the list. The
harder I tried to walk in love,
the worse I became.
I began to understand that I
could not love others
because I had never received
God's love for me. I knew in
my head that the Bible said
God loved me, but I didn't
feel His love in my heart. I
wondered how God could
love us as imperfect as we
are.
God loves us because He
wants to—it pleases Him.
God loves us because it's His
nature to love, and He will
always love us. He doesn't
always love everything we
do, but He does love us.
God's love is unconditional.
In fact, there's nothing we
can do to ever escape His
love. God's love is the power
that forgives our sins, heals
our emotional wounds, and
mends our broken hearts.
Over time I came to realize
that I am deeply loved by
God simply for who I am, not
because of any work I could
do for Him. I could finally
quit trying to earn His love by
doing things I thought would
make me more worthy of His
love.
Once I began receiving God's
awesome, unconditional love,
I was able to start loving Him
in return and reach out to
others more freely in love.
Because God's never-ending
love was in me, I could give it
to others without fear of
ever running out.
Everyone in the world wants
to be loved and accepted.
And the love of God—that
wonderful gift He freely gives
us—satisfies that need. His
love flows to us, and then it
should flow through us to
other people.
Now I see myself as a
container full of blessings. I
want to be the type of
person who can pour out
God's love into the lives of
the people around me. I've
found that I'm always
happier when I choose to
make others happy.
In the Bible, God calls
Christians the salt of the
earth (see Matthew 5:13). He
expects us to "season" the
lives of those around us. All
of life is tasteless without
love. Love is the salt, the
energy of life, and the reason
to get up every morning.
Every day can be exciting if
we see ourselves as God's
secret agents, waiting to
sprinkle a little salt on all the
lives we encounter. And we
know that because we are
deeply loved by God, we can
never run out of love—no
matter how much we give
away.
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