LOVE

“There has never been a greater love,
Than Your Son; no not one
And there will never be a greater love
No not one” - Brandon Heath

Here is an excerpt from Soul Cravings by Erwin McManus on love:
“We are created to know God and to know love. It is love that moves God toward us and love that pulls us toward him. Love is the beginning of all things. From the very beginning you were made for love. It may be hard to accept, but you are the object of God’s love. You were created out of love by him, and though you may not yet realize it, you soul longs to know this love. You are designed to love and to be loved. Our search for intimacy explains our need for community, relationship, friendship and acceptance; it is expressed most deeply in our need for romantic love. We are created to know love and to give love. Our need to love though rooted in God, is not limited to him. Love is not a limited commodity. Love expands as we give it away, and dies when we do not.
Without love there is no life. To love is to be fully human.”

Love is not proud
Love does not boast
Love after all
Matters the most

Love does not run
Love does not hide
Love does not keep
Locked inside

Love never fails you

Love will sustain
Love will provide
Love will not cease
At the end of time

Love will protect
Love always hopes
Love still believes
When you don't

When my heart won't make a sound
When I can't turn back around
When the sky is falling down
Nothing is greater than this

Love is right here
Love is alive
Love is the way
The truth the life

So if everything comes down to love, what am I so afraid of? Maybe not so much scared, but hesitant… I know God’s love, but something in me is being held in. Father, thank you that Your love sets me free. Help me to shake my hesitations. I pray that your abundant, redeeming love is known by all. Help me to reflect and pass on this great love that you have given me in all I do.