MI DAILY DEVOTION
SATURDAY
TO LOVE OR NOT TO LOVE
(I John 3:17- 18) But whoso hath this world's good, and seeth his brother have need, and shutteth up his bowels of compassion from him, how dwelleth the love of God in him?” 18- My little children, let us not love in word, neither in tongue; but in deed and in truth.
“To love abundantly is to live abundantly, and to love forever is to live forever.” “On the last analysis, then, love is life. Love never faileth and life never faileth so long as there is love.” Henry Drummond
“Love is the only gold.” Alfred Lord Tennyson
“Love is all we have.” Euripides
(TBS-Wynn Davis)
In this world; we have the needy, the greedy, and those who pity. But we need people, politicians, Christians, and philanthropists who would really put wings on their love for mankind. You will not just say “I love you, sweetheart or honey” but you show it by your deeds- good deeds. People sometimes use those words and don’t even mean it. Sometimes it becomes a byword. I remember the old song… “Love is a many splendored things…” But to others, it’s “Love is a many splinter thing.” Sounds funny, but it’s true to many people. They thought they made a mistake of loving their spouse because of their differences or because they don’t get what they want. If you love someone, you are willing to sacrifice and make sacrifices for that someone whom you love. God made a sacrifice through His Son the Lord Jesus Christ when Christ sacrificed Himself because of His love for us. Let us not love in word, neither in tongue; but in deed and truth. You will set aside your problem with money, personal differences, pride, insecurity, and fear in the name of LOVE.
Paul wrote: For God hath not given us the spirit of fear; but of power, and of love, and of a sound mind. II Timothy 1:7
