Thought for Wednesday, April 24th

April 24, 2013

The Love Factor

And we have known and believed the love that God hath to us. God is love; and he that dwelleth in love dwelleth in God, and God in him. Herein is our love made perfect, 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 casteth out fear: because fear hath torment. He that feareth is not made perfect in love. We love him, because he first loved us. If a man say, I love God, and hateth his brother, he is a liar: for he that loveth not his brother whom he hath seen, how can he love God whom he hath not seen?  And this commandment have we from him, That he who loveth God love his brother also.

1  John 4:16-21

“One hour of right-down love

Is worth an age of dully living on.”

-          Aphra Behn

Sometimes I feel I'm pulled in so many wrong directions
Sometimes I feel the world seducing my affections
It's not that I don't know the way
It's just a heart that's prone to stray
But with my weaknesses admitted
You will keep all that I've committed
So I commit my heart to You
My First Love
First Love - First Love
My soul longs after You
First Love - First Love
I want my heart to stay so true
Because You first loved me
Jesus You will always be
You will always be
My First Love
It's taken me some time to try to comprehend
A love that doesn't change - a love without an end
A love that keeps forgiving
A love of sacrifice and giving
I delight myself in You
My First Love - Bob Hartman (lyrics from ‘First Love’)

If we could only learn to love God in the way that He deserves to be loved: it would be so much easier to love each other.

And if we could learn to love ourselves the way that God does, loving our brother or sister would not be a challenge.

Hal David and Burt Bacharach wrote a song made famous by Dian Warwick that stated; “What the world needs now, is love sweet love; that’s the only thing there is just too little of…”

How true this sentiment is.  If we could get back to the first love of all creation, what a different and wonderful world this could be.

Prayer:

Father, help me to get back to the basics of loving You the way that You love me and then I know I can love all others so much more easily.