We love because [God] first loved us.
—1 John 4:19
Over the last two weeks, our thoughts have been centered around love, as it is the center of the word, it deserves much attention. Love is not an infatuation, not a passing feeling, not a controllable emotion and not something you can buy or sell. Love is a direct manifestation of our God. Believe in Him or not, God is love. If you have ever loved or known love, you have known our God.
Many Blessings.
Craig
... For anyone that loveth is born of God and knoweth God. He that loveth not knoweth not God, for God is love. (1 John 4:7,8)
Powerful verse!
Love is God, God is love. Each time we see genuine love, we get a glimpse of God.
@bycoleman, I'm just about a month old on Steemit, and I am glad I met you here.
I really enjoy your responses. There is no doubt you seek knowledge and direction from the right source.
Thank you for the very kind words. Have a joyous day!
Love is "teaching someone, so that it will benefit that person"... And who best describes this quality than our heavenly father..
I pray for the humility to listen to him and obey his commandments so that "my peace will become just like the river and my righteousness, like the waves of the sea" (isa 48:17-18)
Thank you sir for this great word
Happy to see how many more people are responding and finding their meaning in the verses you share! We truly are lost without God's love, but with it we have endless possibilities. And as humans, we often feel the same way when it comes to loving someone else. Very true what you said! Thanks for sharing Craig.
Hey brother Craig. Good to hear from you.
Yes, this platform is a great venue for sharing His word. I'm humbled by the responses.
Indeed, the "possibilities" are so much higher than we can imagine! Its is so comforting to know someone that loves us so deeply has so much more for us than we would have for ourselves.
“As the heavens are higher than the earth,
so are my ways higher than your ways
and my thoughts than your thoughts."
Have a truly blessed and joyous day!
Absolutely! I actually wrote a post that I will be putting up tomorrow which ties to this, and how we overcome challenging moments by thanking God. I think it speaks to this well, as we can only overcome thanks to His love.
We were created by God for one reason only - To be loved and to love in return. Our Creator is the God of love. We should love Him as we do our neighbors and ourselves.
Yes, I have always told people when asked "What is the purpose of life". -- To learn to love and be loved.
Success in life is being loved the most by people that know you the best.
A blessed evening to you Gems!
And to you as well @bycoleman.
you are right God is one and love us more then our mothers
Thanks for this wonderful lesson about love. John 3:16 for God so love the world....
This is a must resteem post
Thank you brother.
I pray you know much love this day!
Well said.... God is love and we that must follow him, must do is spirit and in truth.
He first loved us even in our sins, his love still abounds and his infinite mercy and grace is what keeps us going
I love God because he is God the omnipotent.
Happy weekend
Thank you for sharing.
Have a blessed weekend!
Yeah, He that does not love does not know God for God is love(1 John 4:8 )
We need the God kind of Love to fill a lot of vacuum that even the social media can never fill
"even the social medial can never fill"
Very well said.
Have a joyous day!
GOD made you love for the faith and made the faith beautiful in your heart and made you hate to disbelief, wickedness, and disobedience. They are those who follow the straight path.
May God Bless and Guide all of us.
@bycoleman Love is the most beautiful thing which is gifted by our almighty. Our creator loves us a lot. They create with love and purpose. I should obey the rules of our almighty. We need love our religion and should love our almighty. Only then we can love others. This is how the peace will remain in this beautiful earth. What do you think? @bycoleman
As gems says below. We are here to be loved and to love in return.
What a wonderful mission!
Thanks for sharing and have a blessed day!
@bycoleman same to you. :)
I like your post very much.. Keep it up.. Stay blessed be happy.. Thank you..
Thank you, and blessings to you as well!
Sometimes you have a deep thought about what love is, and you ask a lot between yourself and yourself what love is, why we love it, why is it always present in our conversations and our interest and was also present in the lives of those who left us, What is this magic that makes it a key factor in life, moves the hearts to inspire them to the hearts you do not know, and licks souls on the souls or even on other beings and creates wonderful ties between man and man, between man and animal, and between man and plant, The walls of his house, his car, his small things and his clothes.
Thank you so much for this week of love.
Thank you @koe7 for sharing.
Have a blessed weekend!
Thank you my friend for this inspiring word... To think that I met you from your contest and now you're inspiring me everyday is the best thing in my own internet space yet.
Many thanks and have an amazing day