what is this thing?

It is the most beautiful thing in the entire world. There are no words that can be used to accurately describe it. It cannot be found in any store. It cannot be bought with any amount of money. It is priceless, yet it paid for your very life. It cannot be reproduced, imitated or duplicated. Many people think that they have it, but are deceived. It is the most coveted thing on earth. People have died and killed for it. It has been raped, counterfeit, beaten, blackmailed and misconstrued, yet it still lives on.



What is this thing?


Love.


Not the “I want you, I need you, oh baby, oh baby” kind of love, but the beautiful, thriving, healing, love that lives and finds its origin through the Spirit. Before there was, there was Love. Love is the beginning of all things and love is ending of all sin. Love is the very heartbeat of God. Because of Love, you and I live.


So live in love.


1 Corinthians 13:4-8
4Love is patient, love is kind. It does not envy, it does not boast, it is not proud. 5It is not rude, it is not self-seeking, it is not easily angered, it keeps no record of wrongs. 6Love does not delight in evil but rejoices with the truth. 7It always protects, always trusts, always hopes, always perseveres. 8Love never fails.

As a Christian, we are called to honor the ones that we love everyday. And of course, as Christians we are called to love all people. This means that essentially, every day should be Valentine’s Day. We should go out of our way to show the love of God as much as we can to as many people as we can every single day. Granted, we don’t have to buy cards and candy and flowers for someone everyday, but most times, all people need to feel loved is to receive a “hey there” txt or a simple hug. Sometimes even a smile will suffice.



Matthew 22: 34-39
34Hearing that Jesus had silenced the Sadducees, the Pharisees got together. 35One of them, an expert in the law, tested him with this question: 36"Teacher, which is the greatest commandment in the Law?" 37Jesus replied: " 'Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind.' 38This is the first and greatest commandment. 39And the second is like it: 'Love your neighbor as yourself.' 40All the Law and the Prophets hang on these two commandments."


 


Dove Sister Ariel Pierson