Just one week now until Valentine's Day. Everywhere you turn, people will be talking about love.
They'll say "love," but often they'll mean something different. Of all words that get bandied about, perhaps love is the most often discussed--and most often misused.
Against that backdrop, it helps me to reflect upon God's love. My heart is helped as I consider the words of John the apostle:
"Beloved, let us love one another, for love is from God, and whoever loves has been born of God and knows God. Anyone who does not love does not know God, because God is love" (I John 4:7-8).
And I sing to myself an old hymn, penned by John Bowring in 1825:
Father and Friend! Thy light, Thy love,
Beaming through all Thy works we see;
Thy glory gilds the heavens above,
And all the earth is full of Thee.
Thy voice we hear, Thy presence feel,
While Thou, too pure for mortal sight,
Involved in clouds, invisible,
Reignest the Lord of life and light.
We know not in what hallowed part
Of the wide heavens Thy throne may be,
But this we know, that where Thou art,
Strength, wisdom, goodness dwell with Thee.
Thy children shall not faint nor fear,
Sustained by this exalted thought;
Since Thou, their God, art everywhere,
They cannot be where Thou art not!
Since God is everywhere, there is no place where His love does not reach.
This is how I need to start my week. How about you?
"Beloved, let us love one another, for love is from God, and whoever loves has been born of God and knows God. Anyone who does not love does not know God, because God is love" (I John 4:7-8).
And I sing to myself an old hymn, penned by John Bowring in 1825:
Father and Friend! Thy light, Thy love,
Beaming through all Thy works we see;
Thy glory gilds the heavens above,
And all the earth is full of Thee.
Thy voice we hear, Thy presence feel,
While Thou, too pure for mortal sight,
Involved in clouds, invisible,
Reignest the Lord of life and light.
We know not in what hallowed part
Of the wide heavens Thy throne may be,
But this we know, that where Thou art,
Strength, wisdom, goodness dwell with Thee.
Thy children shall not faint nor fear,
Sustained by this exalted thought;
Since Thou, their God, art everywhere,
They cannot be where Thou art not!
Since God is everywhere, there is no place where His love does not reach.
This is how I need to start my week. How about you?
Richella,
ReplyDeleteAmazing Love, how can it be. . .
Thank you for sharing your heart and love of God with me!!!
Fondly,
Pat
Thank you, Pat! Your sweet comments are such a blessing.
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