Thursday, April 14, 2011

THE REAL MEANING OF LOVE

.........THE REAL MEANING OF LOVE........

by Michelle Miller on Thursday, February 17, 2011 at 1:57pm
WHEN I WOKE UP THIS MORNING, I KNEW I WAS GONNA WRITE ANOTHER "NOTE" TODAY, BUT I HAD NO IDEA WHAT I WAS GONNA WRITE IT ABOUT.  ONCE I GOT TO FACEBOOK, I REALIZED THAT GOD HAD ALREADY MADE THAT DECISION FOR ME. 

I RECEIVE THE "DAILY MESSAGE FROM GOD" EVERYDAY, AND THIS MORNING, MY MESSAGE SAID.......YOUR LOVE IS A GIFT TO THE WORLD.  LET YOUR LOVE RADIATE OUT TO ALL YOU MEET.  LET YOUR LOVE TOUCH THE HEARTS OF PEOPLE YOU DONT EVEN KNOW.  LOVE IS WHAT IS SAVING THE WORLD......

THEN, I WAS SCROLLING DOWN MY HOME PAGE AND CAME ACROSS A DRAWING OF JESUS.  HE WAS SMILING.  ITS NOT VERY OFTEN I SEE PICTURES OF JESUS SMILING.  JUST BY LOOKING AT THE DRAWING, ONE CAN CLEARLY SEE THE LOVE COMING FROM HIS FACE.

NEXT,  CHRIS PAUL HAD A SIMPLE LITTLE STATUS.  IT WAS MADE UP OF 9 WORDS.  I WAS QUICK TO COPY AND PASTE AND I JUST HAD TO MAKE THAT SIMPLE LITTLE STATUS MY OWN.  I DID COMMENT HIM AND LET HIM KNOW ABOUT THE COPY AND PASTE ESISODE THOUGH.  LOL  THE STATUS SAID..........LOVING LIFE.  YOU SHOULD TOO.  GOD IS GREAT!........

BY NOW, I KNEW BEYOND A SHADOW OF A DOUBT EXACTLY WHAT I HAD TO WRITE IN MY "NOTE" TODAY.   I GOT OUT MY BIBLE AND MY CONCORDANCE AND STARTED TO FIND SCRIPTURES PERTAINING TO LOVE.  I AM GOING TO USE THOSE SCRIPTURES TODAY.  ITS NOT VERY MANY OF THEM.  I WONT TAKE UP MUCH OF YOUR TIME.  I AM INCLUDING THEM IN THE ORDER THAT I FOUND THEM THIS MORNING.  GOD HAD IT PLANNED ALL ALONG. HE KNEW EXACTLY WHAT I WAS GOING TO DO, WHAT I WAS GOING TO SAY AND WHICH OF HIS WORDS I WAS GOING TO USE.  THE ONLY THING I HAD TO DO WAS WAKE UP!!!  LOL

MATTHEW 22:37-39......YOU SHALL LOVE THE LORD YOUR GOD WITH ALL YOUR HEART, WITH ALL YOUR SOUL, AND WITH ALL YOUR MIND.  THIS IS THE FIRST AND GREAT COMMANDMENT.  AND THE SECOND IS LIKE IT, YOU SHALL LOVE YOUR NEIGHBOR AS YOURSELF......
    
     UNTIL I LEARNED TO TRULY LOVE MYSELF, THERE WAS NO WAY THAT I COULD EVER TRULY LOVE MY
     NEIGHBOR.  FOR WAY TOO LONG, I WALKED AROUND LOOKING LIKE I WAS CONFIDENT, LIKE I HAD IT ALL
     TOGETHER, I LOOKED LIKE EVERYTHING WAS FINE.  BUT INSIDE, I WAS A HORRIBLE MESS.  THESE DAYS,
     I AM TRULY CONFIDENT.  I HAVE ACCEPTED THE LOVE OF THE LORD.  I HONESTLY LOVE MYSELF AND 
     CAN SAY THAT I LOVE OTHERS AS WELL.

JOHN 15:13........GREATER LOVE HAS NO ONE THAN THIS, TO LAY DOWN ONES LIFE FOR HIS FRIENDS.

     WOW!!!  THE THOUGHT OF JESUS DYING FOR ALL OF US IS A CONCEPT THAT BLOWS MY MIND NO 
     MATTER HOW I LOOK AT IT.  WHEN I FOUND THIS SCRIPTURE THIS MORNING, I ACTUALLY SAT 
     BACK AND THOUGHT ABOUT IT FOR A FEW MINUTES.  THAT IS LOVE!!!!!

1 PETER 4:8........LOVE COVERS A MULTITUDE OF SINS.......

     THANK GOD FOR HIS FORGIVENESS, HIS MERCY, HIS GRACE AND HIS LOVE!!!!  IT IS THROUGH HIS LOVE 
     THAT EACH AND EVERY ONE OF US ARE ALIVE TODAY.  THANK YOU JESUS FOR DYING FOR OUR SINS!

PROVERBS 8:17.......I LOVE THOSE WHO LOVE ME, AND THOSE WHO SEEK ME DILIGENTLY WILL FIND ME.....

ROMANS 12:9-10......LET LOVE BE WITHOUT HYPOCRISY.  ABHOR WHAT IS EVIL.  CLING TO WHAT IS GOOD. 
     BE KINDLY AFFECTIONATE TO ONE ANOTHER WITH BROTHERLY LOVE......

THERE ARE ACTUALLY 730 SCRIPTURES IN THE BIBLE THAT MENTION "LOVE".  MOST OF US ARE FAMILIAR WITH 1 CORINTHIANS 13, "THE BOOK OF LOVE" OR JOHN 3:16.  THERE IS SO MUCH MORE TO THE LOVE OF GOD THAN I CAN EVER WRITE IN A "NOTE".   I CANT EVEN FIND WORDS TO DESCRIBE WHAT THE LOVE OF GOD HAS DONE FOR ME. 

THANKS FOR TAKING THE TIME TO READ THIS "NOTE".  I JUST LOVE SHARING THE PEACE OF MIND, THE LOVE AND THE JOY THAT THE LORD HAS GIVEN ME. 

DONT FORGET.......IF GOD DID IT FOR ME, HE CAN AND WILL DO IT FOR YOU TOO.....ALL YOU HAVE TO DO IS LET HIM!!!!!!

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