I often hear people say that hate is a strong word. Well, I believe so is love. Hate is intense and it expresses that you have a passionately negative feeling towards something or someone. To say that you love someone is equally the same. You have a passionately positive feeling. So many people throw the “L” word around like its nothing. Even if you aren’t a Christian, that word ought to mean something when you use it. And if you are a Christian, then it just mean so much more. The Bible commands us to love one another. Do you sincerely love others? Do you know what is love?
I believe loving others starts with us. In Galatians 5:14, the Bible tells us to love thy neighbor as you love thyself. Now you may ask yourself this, how does loving others start with myself? Well if you don’t love yourself, then how can you possibly love others. Do you love yourself? I mean when you look in the mirror everyday, do you love the person that is staring back? I can tell you that many people don’t, because I was one of them. When we don’t love ourselves and we’re not careful, we will look at others and envy them. Because they have something that you don’t have. Whether it is the good looks, success, skills or qualities we desire to have. And that my friend is not love, because charity envieth not (1 Corinthians 13:4). Learn to love yourself, so that you can love others. To say that you don’t love yourself is saying that you don’t trust the one who made you. God created us in His image, and He loved us so much that He sent His only Son to die for you and I ( Romans 5:8). God loved you first and just the way you are. Maybe you do love yourself and others, but what about your enemies? If you have love, then you shouldn’t have ill will towards anyone not even your enemies. We need to start defining our love the way He defines it. When we truly love someone, we will overlook their faults. No matter how much they hurt you. I’m preaching to myself as well. I think about my mother and how she left me at a young age. I’ve always asked myself, how can I love someone who has never been there for me? We need to be willing to forgive, inclining to be merciful towards them that have hurt us. Love people who can’t love you back. Jesus did! When we were sinners, lost in the world, and rejecting Him, He still loved us. Learn to love people where they are at, and not where you want them to be. Once you have learned to love, go find someone who has no one and show them love. Even if they don’t love you back, always be the first one to love on someone. A true friend will love his friend no matter what, because that is what love is. Happy Valentines Day!
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Charmaine accepted Christ at the age of 19, and now attends Golden State Baptist College in Santa Clara, CA. Where she is pursuing her Associate’s Degree in General Education. Archives
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