“So, we have come to know and trust in the love that God has for us. God is love. Now whoever abides in love abides in God, and God abides in him.” 1 John 4:16 TLV
When I was about 3 or 4 years old, my grandmother taught me 26 Bible verses, or parts of them, for every letter of the alphabet. The verse she gave me for the letter G was taken straight from 1 John 4:16: “God is love.”
Obviously when I first learned this verse as a toddler, I didn’t fully comprehend what it meant, but now that I am older I can look deeper into the meaning behind those 3 simple words. God IS love. He embodies it. Everything about Him and His character is centered around love. And this love is everlasting just as God Himself is everlasting, having no beginning and no end, because it is a part of who He is. That’s why love is so important, because to know love is to know God. Our greatest commandment is to love Him and love others with everything we have.
So, let’s abide in this love together as we move forward in the new year, draw nearer to our Father, and learn to love like He does. We love because He first loved us. Shabbat Shalom!
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By: Emma Brazzel
January 15, 2021
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