Thursday, February 14, 2019

Love

We all desire to be loved and to have that love confirmed to us from time to time. God delights to confirm His love to us over and over again throughout the Bible. Here are just a few of those confirmations:

• “Yea, I have loved thee with an everlasting love: therefore with lovingkindness have I drawn thee” (Jeremiah 31:3).

• “I have loved you, saith the Lord” (Malachi 1:2).

• “Having loved His own which were in the world, He loved them unto the end” (John 13:1).

• “For the Father Himself loveth you” (John 16:27).

• “God, who is rich in mercy, for His great love wherewith He loved us” (Ephesians 2:4).

• “Behold, what manner of love the Father hath bestowed upon us” (1 John 3:1).

Today a great many “love notes” in the form of Valentines will be circulated. Some of them may be just empty words with no real love or meaning behind them. But our God has sent us His “love notes” to tell us of a very real and lasting love that He has for each of His own. That love will never fail or change for all eternity. Hallelujah! What a love!