L-O-V-E

L-O-V-E such a small word but so powerful! How so? Well lets see....


Love can make you act in a way you never would before. Love can make you do things you never would before. Love can make you sacrifice for someone in a way you never would have before. Love is powerful. 


I recently saw the new movie Beastly, a modern take on Beauty and the Beast. The main star in the movie was always told by his father that looks matter and if your looks aren't top notch then you have nothing and no one will like you. This attitude turned Kyle into a beast on the inside. He was cruel and ruthless. As penalty for this attitude he was turned just as ugly on the outside as he is on the inside. His father hid him in a house and hired a blind tutor and then never came to visit him. The only way for him to be turned back into himself was to fall in love and have another person say to him "I love you." I'm sure we all know how it turns out since it's a movie but when he finally started thinking about someone else and caring for her, he changed. Kyle's love for her and her love for him, changed him for the better. 


Have you ever loved someone that is hard to love? Or didn't want to be loved? Its not easy. But did your love break down barriers? Did it change someone for the better? If you haven't received love, it would be very hard to show it. But if you have received love isn't it hard not to show it? All the love I receive from family, friends and definitely God make me a better person. Because of their love, I can give it away to others. For me personally, when I receive love I want to return the favor, whether it's right back to that person or passing in on to others. Another person's love validates you. It makes you feel like you are something and someone. 


There's all kinds of love. A mother's love for her child. A husband's love for his wife. A sister's love for her brother. An uncle's love for his nephew. And God's love for his people.


God is the ultimate LOVE. John 3:16 "For God so LOVED the world, that he GAVE his only son...." God created the world and us. He created us in his image and likeness (Genesis 1:27). When we couldn't do anything to save ourselves from sin, God gave us his son to be crucified and to take the penalty for our sins. Jesus didn't deserve what happened to him. He was perfect and blameless but because God loves us and wants a relationship with us and to have eternal life with him, he gave us Jesus. Can you imagine that kind of love? Would you sacrifice YOUR child to save many or even someone? Can you imagine the pain God was in? God loves us more than anyone will or ever could; so how do you think he felt about his only son being crucified on a cross?


L-O-V-E is powerful and changes people for the better. How can your love change someone? How can you help someone who needs your love today?