Love – the word that has a lot of power. In many ways the word love can be defined. Our daily lives are filled with it, though not always felt or recognized. As ‘fallen’ humans, we want to feel loved. Sometimes in a way of: look at me! Look at what I am all accomplishing… Or just simply through words or a simple gesture. Even when you feel lonely or feel beaten by life… Love is still in the air. The only thing is, do we want to receive it? Do we listen to others, or to their advice? Do we except that hug out of willingness or ‘must-do’. Love is; give and take…

Now Christ is exactly that! He give(s). All we need to do is take… God Himself is love. Out of love and compassion He created us, humans. Every single conception of life is a gift from God. All our detailed genetics are unique; a one of a kind. Rumors these days and even some facts are about genetic manipulation. In my eyes; who is in charge of that, and who wants to play ‘god’? Why does a human raise need to be ‘changed’ or ‘manipulated’?

Back to love – we’re ought to love our neighbors, everyone around us, even our enemies. In short: God takes us sinners and wipes us clean through the blood of His Son Jesus Christ. Forgetting the bad and looking for good through forgiveness.

This is a good way to strive for the good. It will bring hope! Love – the so much needed attention in our lives. Another year is gone by, have we paid attention to all the love coming towards us? Or do we only focus on the bad, sad, negative situations? Are we looking at the bright sides of things, striving to make the best out of it?

Love: Love is…: Love is God. Take His love, receive it in hope, use it in your daily activities. You’re not alone. Never. Let us not focus on proving ourselves to the world in a self-centered way. But let us proof ourselves in our faith in God our King. He loves us – we love Him. It’s give and take. Are we taking what He gives and are we giving back what we receive(d)?

We don’t know what tomorrow might bring; the only thing we can be sure of is that God will be there, always!

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‘Love suffers long and is kind; love does not envy; love does not parade itself, is not puffed up; does not behave rudely, does not seek its own, is not provoked, thinks no evil; does not rejoice in iniquity, but rejoices in the truth; bears all things, believes all things, hopes all things, endures all things.’ (1 Corinthians 13: 4-7)

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‘Beloved, let us love one another, for love is of God; and everyone who loves is born of God and knows God. He who does not love does not know God, for God is love. In this the love of God was manifested toward us, that God has sent His only begotten Son into the world, that we might live through Him. In this is love, not that we loved God, but that He love us and sent His Son to be the propitiation for our sins. Beloved, if God so loved us, we also ought to love one another. No one has seen God at any time. If we love one another, God abides in us, and His love has been perfected in us. By this we know that we abide in Him, and He in us, because He has given us the Spirit. And we have seen and testify that the Father has sent the Son as Savior of the world. Whoever confesses that Jesus is the Son of God, God abides in him, and he in God. And we have known and believed the love that God has for us. God is love, and he who abides in love abides in God, and God in him. Love has been perfected among us in this: that we may have boldness in the day of judgment; because as He is, so are we in this world. There is no fear in love; but perfect love casts out fear, because fear involves torment. But he who fears has not been made perfect in love. We love Him because He first loved us.’ (1 John 4: 7-19)