LOVE

The song sung by the Beatles "All We Need Is Love"/"Love Is All We Need" is true.  This morning was another awesome prayer experience with my Life Givers Prayer Group.  Our scripture lesson for today was Love and Love's Remedies. Deuternonomy 6:4 says that we are to love God with all our heart, soul, and strength that means every part of us with every fiber of our being.  Now that's some kind of loving!  Matthew 23:37,39 says that  we are to love God with our whole self and to love our neighbors as we love ourselves.  If we do these two commandments we would have fulfilled the entire bible.  I realized how much work needs to be done in my own life when it comes to the subject of love. I will be working on these two commandments until Jesus returns. Not in my own strength but by the grace of God.

 It's easy to love those who love you back but,what about the people who wrong you and despitefully use and abuse you?  What about the unlovely, or people that reject you?  When I think about Jesus and what he did for us at Calvary, I can see how his only motivation was love.  Love for the Father and the love he had for his and future generations.  That literally blows my mind.  I can't think of an earthly soul that loves me as much as Jesus does. When each of us comes to the revelation that the love of Jesus living inside of  us and flowing out through us is the remedy for all of life's problems, we can impact the world around us, one soul at a time.  If we love God then we will obey him and if we obey him, then we will do the right thing in the lives of people. If we love our neighbors as we love ourselves, then we won't harbor hate and resentment toward other people.  God's love is unconditional!  He puts up with our mess on a daily basis and still covers us with his love.  Love covers a multitude of sins. Just think what the world would be like if we all love like God loves.   Love is the remedy for broken relationships, racism, strife, and contention, failing marriages, family disputes, and abuse.
   
Whenever I am in need of something I can ask my Heavenly Father in secret and he will reward me openly.  So, my prayer today is simply this, Lord teach me how to love with your love.