I was thinking through what this festive season really means and finally, I get a glimpse of it and understand it perfectly. I came to an understanding that this is the season where we get to be reminded of how God loves us.
We have been searching for a perfect definition and justification of LOVE in our own understanding and how we can operate in and out of it. We have gone round and round saying the same things about Love over and over. We tend to forget or force ourselves not to know where all the LOVE came from. What’s the authentic source of a so deeply sought feeling? A LOVE that has no stains, a LOVE that corrects, understands, forgives, cares and forgets. Believe me; the list for this PERFECT LOVE is long to even fit a thousand pages. A LOVE when realized by an individual, all else is just a vague impression. A LOVE that’s so pure that can makes one feel guilty when not responding to it, once you realize and get to taste it. A LOVE that is not ashamed or selfish, but gives its all.
A LOVE that has proven itself not once, twice or even a thousand times but each and every second you live. To bring the picture more closely, do this simple math, (Number of your years x number of days in a year x hours of a day x sixty seconds). That’s the number HE is proving to you that HE LOVES you no matter what and still counting.
I’m talking about the LOVE of God. God loved us
before we became to existence. He loves us more than we can think of or
imagine, such that He gave His only begotten Son to be a visible sign of how He
loves us. He loves us in such a way that He didn't want us to perish in
our own transgressions and yet you say you are not LOVED?
We get hurt when we pursue a
vague love, trying to make it fit in our own definition and justification. We
go on saying that we won’t love again when we get heart broken, but how do you
think God feels when you break His heart, when you've done wrong or not giving
Him what He deserves? He gets hurt but His love towards us is so much that
He doesn't say He won’t love us again; but give us more reasons why
He loves us. He doesn't only say it in plain words but
also shows it. He gives you life that is not guaranteed of having, to
prove to you that He loves and wants you to make it right and develop a
relationship with Him. What other proof do you need to realize that indeed you
are LOVED?
To make it short, as you think of ways to celebrate this year’s Easter, let it make a difference in your life by realizing and acknowledging His LOVE first. In as much as you will keep on searching for love, you will not get any perfect love like God’s love. There is a lot to say about His LOVE but in order to make sense to you, let this echo in your mind and heart the whole of this season.
“For God so loved the world that he gave His only begotten Son, that whoever believes in Him, shall not perish but have eternal life.” (John 3:16)
"Greater love has no one than this: to lay down one’s life for one’s friends."
(John 15:13)
We often ask God “why am I not loved? “when we are heartbroken and the answer He constantly give us is Jesus’ picture on the cross saying I LOVE YOU THIS MUCH. Make a point to realize, acknowledge and reply to His LOVE as you also SPREAD LOVE TO EVERYONE!!
Happy
and Blessed Easter!!!
