Show God’s Love To Others
And now these three remain: faith, hope and love. But the greatest of these is love. -- 1 Corinthians 13:13
Happy Valentine’s Day. Some of you plan beautiful celebrations with your great love. Others will mourn yet another year without someone special. And some will mourn the love they no longer have.
Romantic love consumes us. We humans were made to be in relationship with people around us. It’s difficult to feel alone, left out, an outcast.
Maybe we’re focused on the wrong thing -- and the wrong person. It really isn’t about us. It’s about God. About salvation. About loving others because he first loved us.
Celebrate love today. Honor your spouse or significant other. But remember the other people in your life. Give a cheery hello to your neighbor. Buy a rose for your elderly aunt. Anonymously give a special gift to that awkward teenager going through a rough patch.
It really doesn’t take much to make someone smile. Kindness. Noticing they exist. A smile. How many people do we ignore in our lives simply because we aren’t paying attention?
We don’t think about love when it comes to people we don’t know. We really don’t think about love when it comes to most of the people we do know. Most of the time we just aren’t that concerned, except in how they can benefit us. Oh, don’t deny it. The truth stings sometimes. We’re a self-centered people and getting more so each day.
We are so wrapped up in our own little worlds that we don’t see people who are sometimes standing right in front of us. Do you notice the janitor at your office? Do you know his name? Do you know anything about his family? Or what about the cashier at the store? Do you say hello? Or are you so busy talking on your cell phone that you don’t even acknowledge her?
When did we become so rude, so self-involved, that other people ceased to matter to us? It’s not okay. Really. It isn’t. I know. I’m on my soapbox. Somebody needs to be. God tells us to love others because He first loved us and we won’t even acknowledge that they exist.
So take time on this day of love to notice the people in your daily life. Smile. Speak kindly. Pay attention. Show an interest. Treat other people like you would want to be treated if your situations were reversed.
God loves us beyond anything we could ever imagine. Let us show the world that we belong to God by how we love those around us.
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