“Dear friends, let us continue to love one another, for love comes from God. Anyone who loves is a child of God and knows God. But anyone who does not love does not know God, for God is love. God showed how much he loved us by sending his one and only Son into the world so that we might have eternal life through him.” (1 John 4:7-9)
John tells us that God is love. Though I have a difficult time thinking that there is anything that God cannot do, God cannot help but to love. For God to choose to not love would be for God to choose to be other than what he is. If God did not love he would not be love.
We, on the other hand, have the option to love or to hate. John tells us that love comes from God. Hate comes from the other – Satan. He places that option to hate in front of us every day, all day long. He tells us that to hate this or that is only to hate what God hates. But he is wrong every time. God is love. Our choice is clear. We can either love as God loves, or we can hate as Satan hates. It is that simple.
God has shown us how much he loves us. If we choose to accept his love and his gift of eternal life, then we too will love.
IronMaker’s Daily Challenge: When you are tempted to hate today, remember from whence that hate comes.
Prayer: Heavenly Father, you have shown us your love. Help us to demonstrate your love to all those around us.
Bob Peden
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