God loved us before we even knew Him. We have that love because of God’s grace and not by anything we have done to deserve it. There is no fear in love because of that grace. John tells us that the way people know we are Christians is how we show love. When we follow God’s love and live by His example, we can be confident in our relationship with Him. This is not just how we feel, but what we do for others.
It may be the little things we do, not just the grand gestures. When eating at one of our favorite restaurants, we asked for the check and were told our bill had already been paid. The waitress said the donor wished to remain anonymous. We left that restaurant feeling light-hearted and thankful for the love someone had shown us. All that was asked of us was to pass it forward. So, we did when we bought a stranger their cup of coffee. I’m not sure who felt more love: the receiver of that coffee or us. God worked His love through us.
When I think of God’s love for us, I see it in the selflessness of doctors and nurses during this pandemic. I see it in a nurse who stays by a patient’s bedside holding their hand so they don’t feel so alone when facing their last moments. I see it in a firefighter who goes back in to a burning building to rescue a child. All these acts show that God’s love is alive in us.
Dear God, May we continue to show Your
love in our treatment of others. Help us to see your
love displayed by those around us for then we can
really see You. For when “we do unto others, we do
it also unto You.” Amen.
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