LOVE

Love Leans in. 

There isn’t really a way to define the kind of love that Jesus introduced there is description in 1 Corinthians 13 I’ve been unpacking it for months. Love leaned in most obviously when Jesus made debut here but he left us here. 

We get to love like Jesus did and does, we get to lean into the hurts and pains of our friends and neighbors. 

We get to lean into the good times too even in the midst of a pandemic we can and need to lean in. 

Love Obliterates. 

The song by Skillet called Terrify the Dark. 

“Your light will terrify the dark

I call upon the name

That tears the night apart”

Love isn’t a fluff ball it’s a sword and shield. 

Perfect love cast out fear. 

It doesn’t just move it aside like a broom sweeps dirt from one place to another for me perfect love is like dynamite against a rock wall. 

When love comes in the wall can’t stand. 

Let love obliterate. 

Love Validates. 

“To support or corroborate on a sound or authoritative basis” -Noah Webster

Love is proof of worth and value. Love validates that you are precious and that you are wanted. 

Love isn’t just another 4 letter word it’s the last word. It’s the end of shame it’s the end of condemnation. 

Love is the authority of Jesus words when he said “It is finished” 

God is love and Jesus is God in a Bod so Jesus is love in the flesh and because I’ve been adopted so am I. 

You can be too. 

I love you. 

Love Exhorts. 

Another description would be encourage or nudge. 

Love builds up it’s not stationary it’s mobile and it’s a force. 

Love, like faith, demands action to prove it’s presents. 

This is the very best way to love. Put your life on the line for your friends. Jesus said that, then he went and died for friends and enemies alike. 

2020 was a year of turmoil 2021 can be different, will be different if we love like we have nothing to loose and everything to gain just like Jesus did.