Unexpected Displays of Love
We often hear or say, “God is Love.” But have we thought this through beyond Jesus dying on the cross? Is pure love not at the very core of God’s heart and His ultimate motive? As I pondered this, I thought through man’s history with God and came up with a partial list to showcase: “God is Love”
[Let your mind bring up the images associated with the historical timeline, and this might strike a deeper place in your heart.]
In the beginning, Love Was.
Love spoke, Love created, and Love rested (Genesis 1)
Love put together, Love blessed, Love trusted. (Genesis 2:22-23)
Love commanded, “Multiply!” (Genesis 1:28)
But then, Love acted wisely to spare from self-destruction whose whom He’d blessed and trusted. (Genesis 3:22-24)
Love’s enduring heart broke
Love destroyed (flood) Genesis 6:5-7
Love preserved (Noah)
Love reset (Genesis 9:1-2)
Love promised (rainbow)
Love befriended and Love made covenant (Abraham)
Love wrestled (Jacob), Love heard (the slaves), and Love delivered (Moses)
Love led the way, and Love sustained (Deut. 8&9)
Love was provoked yet Love relented (Exod. 32)
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Love whispered, Love beckoned, and Love revealed (prophets)
Love mended (Nehemiah), Love rebuked, Love dramatized His heart through the obedient (Jeremiah)
Love never enabled a sinner to keep sinning
Love grieved (Lamentations)
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Love became flesh and walked the Earth
Love gathered and mobilized
Love healed and gave sight
Love laughed, Love challenged, and Love discipled
Love lived the life I could not
Love cherished, Love bled, and Love was executed (instead of me)
Love utterly destroyed the works of evil (1 John 3:8)
Made in God’s image, I have experienced much of the above range of emotions, though not all with the same pure heart toward mankind. What about you?
Love rose again, and now Love reigns undefeatable!
Love renews, cleanses and commissions
Love chases me, Love dwells in me, and Love frees me
Love covers me, surrounds me, and never fails me
No greater Love in Earth or Heaven
Let Love lead me
Let perfected Love flow through me
Jesus IS perfect Love! Will you let Him have His way in you today?
Sowing Seeds of Bravery to Yield to Love
