We were created for love. Our greatest desire, which goes to the inmost recesses of our inmost being, is to be loved and to love. God is love!! Everything our soul longs for is found in Him!! In Him are all our fountains!! In Him, there is joy unspeakable and peace that surpasses understanding. In Him, there is acceptance and perfect forgiveness. The great lover of our souls is all that we need. When we lock eyes with Him, we find everything we have ever wanted!!!
TC
Jesus’s love for us is all encompassing, full of mercy, faithfulness, and loving kindness. He doesn’t let anything separate us from His love. It’s no wonder we love Him so much!
The two greatest commandments are to love the Lord your God and – the second is like unto it – love your neighbor as yourself. Scripture says that they will know us by our love. I believe the love of which He speaks is us walking in the revelation of God’s great boundless love for us. When you have revelation of His love, you will love yourself, and you will love others as you love yourself. It will be a love that’s patient, kind, putting others above yourself, not giving up on people, not walking away when someone blows it; always assuming the best in others, always faithful, and a forgiveness that does not take into account a wrong done. That’s how He loves us!!
I can promise you if you’re hearing voices of hurt feelings and accusations against your brother/sister, you are not hearing the Lord! If you’re growing weary of doing good and the voice you’re hearing is creating a rift between you and your brothers and sisters in Christ, it’s the enemy’s voice!!! Christ forever stands in our defense, so accusation can’t be His voice. He really has called us to treat others as we would want to be treated. I don’t know anyone who wants God to get mad at them, snap at them, say ugly things, or desert them.
The key here is to seek the Lord until you know His love for you. Go beyond what you have heard about Him, and seek Him until you know Him!!! When you truly see Him for who He is as love, it will bring radical transformation in how you love yourself and others!! It is really true that the only thing that will go with us into heaven is love!!
TC