LOVE ANSWERS

Greetings dear friends!
Today in our church service our preacher spoke of the great love of God. The depth, the width, the heighth and the length of God's love to all His children.

It was quite an inspiring message and I am sure all in attendance appreciated being reminded once again of the ever wonderful love of God to all of us.

For some reason or other I was directed to look at the dictionary at this word "love" and was interested to see that in the game of tennis the word love is used as a score of zero....nilch!

I began to think there are many people in the world around us that through various circumstances sadly feel that in the area of love their score is 'zero' -- some are un loved because they are the unloveable. --- other are just so distressed because of the situation they find themselves, they tell themselves they are unloved.

Is it then to these people that we as Christians in the world are to be as ambassadors of the Kingdom of Love! I think so for if the Bible in a very simple verse says, "God is love!" then we who are called to represent God in our every day walk of life and witness of Him, then we are to actually be witnesses and examples of "love!'

In the every day walk of life people are talking these days such garbage and rubbish, and love has been depicted as something you can trash around and really as I see and hear around love is degraded beyond measure.

It's time to bring love back to what is really should be....... in fact bring God to where He ought to be.

Love in respect, love in reverence, love in truth, love in rejoicing, love in unity and not fragmentation, love in relationship that will enhance and not break down, yes love that will not desert or cast off, but rather hold on and be strong and wonderful.

I remember singing in church a beautiful song that was written by one of my favourite hymn writers and it says this; "O love that will not let me go, I rest my weary soul on Thee; I give Thee back the life I owe, that in its ocean depths its flow may richer, fuller be." (George Matheson 1842-1906) (The Song Book of The Salvation Army 621: v; 1.)

The message is that love is not just taking but giving also---something to be remembered!

I hope you are not a person who feels that for you, love is zero, if so stop and think with me, you will be amazed at the Love of God given and shared for you in Jesus Christ. I suppose that does really apply to all of us today.

God bless you have a great day and remember "You are loved beyond our understanding!"

"Beloved, if God so loved us, we ought to love one another. No one has seen God at any time. If we love one another, God abides in us, and His love has been perfected in us." 1.John 4: 11,12.)