GOD LOVES YOU AND SO DO I!

GOD LOVES YOU!- and so do I I often tell people- “GOD LOVES YOU!- And so do I” Imagine-my surprise WHEN I ran across That very saying At a Christian book store On plaques and coffee cups Needless to say I bought a couple I have also ran across That saying In religious books-poems-banners- And bumper stickers DO YOU really believe that GOD DOES love you And more importantly DO YOU LOVE GOD And Do you remain LOYAL to the Lord “AS the Father loves me- So I also love you REMAIN in my love” John 15:9 The message that “GOD LOVES YOU!” Should make us feel At peace And make it easier For us To RETURN our love to God By the way SO DO I That is what As Christians We are called to do Jesus said: “LOVE ONE ANOTHER” John 15:12 So I ask you again Do you love God And do you LOVE OTHERS Do you STILL LOVE God WHEN some tragedy or illness strikes Or when someone CLOSE to you passes away Do I QUESTION my love For God In these moments Or do I REMAIN LOYAL TO GOD “And HOPE (in God) Does not disappoint us Because God has POURED OUT His love Into our hearts By the Holy Spirit Whom he has GIVEN US” Romans 5:5 And while We are LOVING ONE ANOTHER Let us remember That the ancient Greek philosophy USED three words to express LOVE Philia-is a common friendship- KIND OF LOVE Eros-is an affection Or sexual kind of love And AGAPE is an UNCONDITIONAL kind of love The kind of love GOD has for us And the kind of love (IF we are TRUE CHRISTIANS) We are to have for each other AS CHRIST'S DISCIPLES “Let NO DEBT remain outstanding Except the CONTINUING DEBT To LOVE one another For he who loves His fellow man Has FULFILLED the law” Romans 13:8 SO CONTINUE to love God And each other Through illness and physical pain Through financial hardship And through relationship difficulties BE CONSISTENT to this In good times and bad What could be More unconditional than that GOD LOVES YOU! And so do I Today-and every day OF YOUR LIFE Robert P. Wallman May 12th, 2015 Ps INSPIRED by an article in LIVING FAITH magazine by Father James McKarns