JULY 29, 2013
What’s
Love?
Read: Psalm 103:1-14
In this is love, not that we loved God, but that
He loved us and sent
His Son. —1 John 4:10
When
asked “What’s love?” children have some great answers. Noelle,
age 7, said,
“Love is when you tell a guy you like his shirt, then he wears
it every day.”
Rebecca, who is 8, answered, “Since my grandmother got
arthritis, she can’t
bend over and polish her toenails anymore. So my
grandfather does it for her all
the time, even after his hands got arthritis
too. That’s love.” Jessica, also
8, concluded, “You really shouldn’t say ‘I
love you’ unless you mean it. But if
you mean it, you should say it a lot.
People forget.”
Sometimes
we need reminding that God loves us. We focus on the
difficulties of life and
wonder, Where’s the love? But if we pause and
consider all that God has
done for us, we remember how much we are
loved by God, who is love (1 John 4:8-10).
Psalm
103 lists the “benefits” God showers on us in love: He forgives
our sin (v.3),
satisfies us with good things (v.5), and executes
righteousness and justice
(v.6). He is slow to anger and abounds in mercy
(v.8). He doesn’t deal with us
as our sins deserve (v.10) and has removed
our sin as far as the east is from
the west (v.12). He has not forgotten us!
What’s
love? God is love, and He’s pouring out that love on you and me.
Our God is God—
His truth, His love remains each day the same,
He’s faithful to His matchless name,
For God is God—He does not change. —D. DeHaan
The death of Christ is the measure of God’s love for you.
Source: Our Daily Bread 2013
