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The Love Thing
By: Runner Date: June 25, 2014, 2:17 pm
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God love for us..and our love for Him. As the Site is called
"Love God Only" I was thinking maybe we should have a few more "
Love" topics than we currently do! :)
Wasn't there an old song which said " Love makes the world go
round?"
1 John 4
10 "Herein is love, not that we loved God, but that He loved us,
and sent His Son to be the propitiation for our sins."
Have we even begun to grasp the breath, length, height, and
depth of God's love for us?
Not me, for one...I don't understand the half. And the other
half I don't understand God.
But I know how Paul felt when he said " Oh that I may KNOW
Him.." There is such a depth, such a mystery...a never ending
spring to drink from..
God loved us, pursued us,and wooed us. And did never change His
mind about us.
Nothing to add, nothing to expound upon...but I just wanted to
say it. :)
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Re: The Love Thing
By: Brad Date: June 25, 2014, 5:31 pm
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And His love feeds us body and soul for all eternity!
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Re: The Love Thing
By: Jella Date: June 28, 2014, 6:47 pm
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But I know how Paul felt when he said " Oh that I may KNOW
Him.." There is such a depth, such a mystery...a never ending
spring to drink from..
YES! Helen. Each day I long for this too...and I believe that
what is amazing and wonderful is that God wants this even more
then we do. He wants to walk and talk with us...have true
relationship with Him.
This reminds me of this old hymn...
I come to the garden alone
While the dew is still on the roses
And the voice I hear falling on my ear
The Son of God discloses.
Refrain -
And He walks with me, and He talks with me,
And He tells me I am His own;
And the joy we share as we tarry there,
None other has ever known.
He speaks, and the sound of His voice,
Is so sweet the birds hush their singing,
And the melody that He gave to me
Within my heart is ringing.
Refrain
I'd stay in the garden with Him
Though the night around me be falling,
But He bids me go; through the voice of woe
His voice to me is calling.
Refrain
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Re: The Love Thing
By: Runner Date: October 18, 2014, 4:08 pm
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Other than seeing what love is by looking at what God did by His
Son...I still don't really understand love...and I even wonder
if we are suposed to 'understand' it, can it BE understood?
I read this just now...it's quite good...but even it didn't
satisfy.
The Hebrew word for love, ahavah, reveals this true definition
of love, for the word ahavah is built upon the root consonants
h‑v, which means “to give.” In order for love to be real
love, it has to be expressed as an action. If you love your
beloved, then you must show it. By the same token, if you are
loved, that will show, too. You will recognize it by the way you
are treated.
God Teaches Us How to Love
God commands us (Deut. 6:5), “And you shall love the Lord your
God.”
This precept leads us to voice the age-old question, “How can we
be commanded to feel a feeling?” Either you feel it or you
don’t, right?
An answer offered by our tradition explains that we are not
being ordered to feel a feeling in the abstract sense. Rather,
the command is for us to behave lovingly. In this light, “And
you shall love,” actually means- “You shall perform acts of
love.”
This is the true test: action, deeds, performance.
Feelings can be deceptive. Sometimes, what we perceive as love
may in fact be another emotion. But actions cannot be mistaken.
So, rather than ask, “What is love?” we must ask, “Do I perform
acts of love for my beloved?” and “Does my beloved perform acts
of love for me?”
This is still a bit airy-fairy for me. :-\
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