Rambling Mailboxes

Hey bloggers, how's it hanging? I hope you are all having a fabulous day, and that you are finding little bits of sunshine, metaphorical and literal, in your day today.

Today, I want to talk about loving one another.

God puts everyone where they are for a reason; each person has a purpose, an intention, and is a creation made in the image of God. Therefore, we have to love everyone, because God loved them first and placed them here first.

If we aren't showing love, then what are we showing? Apathy? Dislike? Jealousy? Hatred? These aren't the Christ-like love that God hoped for us to resemble.

There's a difference between obsession, and love...a difference between agreeing with everything someone says, and loving them. Love is unconditional; it doesn't hang on whether someone is right or wrong. In John 13:34-35, it says "A new command I give you: Love one another. As I have loved you, so you must love one another. By this everyone will know that you are my disciples, if you love one another."

When we love despite circumstance, despite response, there is something that's a bit like that sunshine I was talking about. Christ shows in us, and makes himself known to those around us. And when a person loves like Christ, it is brilliant.

We are called to love even those who persecute us, when it's hardest to love. "But I tell you, love your enemies and pray for those who persecute you." Matthew 5:44. We are called to love even those who do wrong to us, or to others. It's something that sets apart from normal love, from loving the ones who love us back. When we love our enemies-even when it's hard-it creates a separation: earthly love versus Christ-like love.

This Godly love is a perfectly unconditional love, and reveals the wonder, majesty, mercy, and justice of God. It's not up to us to decide who deserves love; God has already made that call.

I hope that you are finding love today, but more than that, I hope you are showing love, to everyone you come across.

I love you, you rambling mailboxes, and will see you tomorrow.