
Once again, the season of love is upon us… noo scratch that…
It's that time of the year when the uncoupled ones have to cash more reality checks than a bank teller would.
(***incoming rant**)
the overt displays of affection,
the red-themed gifts of varying degrees,
normal people turning into Shakespeare overnight.
Love will be on full blast every corner you turn.
Couple-centered activities, products, marketing ads and copy.
Oh and don’t get me started on that infamous “Valentine is coming” chorus that (**checks note**) should have been a cliche by now
but nooo!!! these people will not let us breathe.
It's a time of feeling things, love for some, loneliness for others, and for some well let’s just say broken heart go reach everybody and we all will be fine.
In all of these though, single or not, one thing will be clear, the human longing to both give and receive love is present inside all of us. This desire I believe is divine and comes from the greatest lover mankind has ever known; God. And so my dear Christian friends permit me to say this; All form of human love is a derivative of God’s love.
This is why the scripture above is so telling:
“For the love of Christ compels us, because we judge thus: that if One died for all, then all died; and He died for all,...
God showed us his love by dying for us. A deep reflection of this would lead us to also respond by living for Him and His pleasure as captured in the latter part of the verse:
“...that those who live should live no longer for themselves, but for Him who died for them and rose again.”
And so welcome to another iteration of the month of love. This time, however, I want you to recognise this: Your capacity to fully express love should come from an understanding that you are sooo loved by God it is unimaginable. And you are worth the death of God.
We should also recognise that Christ died for everybody so everybody is worth the death of God too. This latter part is even more crucial today as the world seems eager to fracture itself along any dividing line it can find; from sexual preferences to gender, race, ethnic group, political leanings, nationality, beliefs, dogmas, family background, alma mater and so on.
You and I should be controlled by this immense love from God and resolve to see everyone especially those who may not and will not believe the things we do that they are worth God’s death.
Dear Sent man,
You are a love child of a love God and so receive love this month, in fact, lots of it. Don't be salty, but let it show by regarding all as those who Christ died for.
Cheers,
… And we are His portion and He is our prize
Drawn to redemption by the grace in His eyes
If His grace is an ocean, we're all sinking
And heaven meets earth like a sloppy wet kiss
And my heart turns violently inside of my chest
I don't have time to maintain these regrets
When I think about, the way...
… That He loves us
Oh, how He loves us
Oh, how He loves us
Oh, how He loves
"I am a love child of a love God", so profound!
This is beautiful. Thank you🫶🏽.