Our deepest need is to be loved. The Bible testifies of God’s love for us. God’s amazing love!
It is good to give thanks to the Lord, to sing praise to your name, O most High; to declare your steadfast love in the morning, and your faithfulness by night. Psalm 92:1-2
Jesus explained God’s plan of salvation to Nicodemus. “For God so loved the world, that he gave his only Son, that whoever believes in him should not perish but have eternal life.” John 3:16
Jesus said to his disciples, “As the Father has loved me, so I have loved you. Abide in my love.” John 15:9
Paul states the enormity of God’s love. “but God shows his love for us in that while we were still sinners, Christ died for us.”
We are called to love God and obey his precepts.
Only be very careful to observe the commandment and the law that Moses the servant of the Lord commanded you, to love the Lord your God, and to walk in all his ways and to keep his commandments and to cling to him and to serve him with all your heart and with all your soul. Joshua 22:5
Jesus taught the two greatest commandments. And you shall love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind and with all your strength. The second is this: you shall love your neighbor as your self. Mark 12;30-31
I have been musing on these verses. What does it look like to live out the two greatest commandments? I know that I often fall short. God knows our human frailty. That is why Christ died for us. When we stumble, we confess and we learn and we go on.
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Beautiful reminder of grace WHEN we fall short! Thank you, Carol!
Even when we miss the mark we need to keep going forward in faith. Thanks for visiting, Beth!
Great stuff!