ADVENTure Day 12 –

True love!  When I hear that phrase, my mind goes to the movie “The Princess Bride.”  Wesley would endure anything and everything for his one true love, Buttercup.  The first verses I read today in Revelations 2 warned the church in Ephesus to return to their first love.  Their love had not been as steadfast as Wesley’s.  They needed to recapture that dedication and passion they had at first.

Then comes 1 John 3:1a (NKJV) – Behold what manner of love the Father has bestowed upon us, that we should be called the children of God!

The moment I became a parent, I began to understand that kind of love.  In that moment, I knew that there was nothing that I would not do to protect my child and there was nothing that she could do to make me love her less.  If I, an imperfect father, can live out that kind of love, how much more can our heavenly Father love on us?!  It is that kind of love that He wants us to reflect back to Him and to those around us.

I have heard it said that love is a verb.  True love is acted out.  Does your love have action to it?  Do you need to find that passion that leads you to be fierce in acting out your love? 

Do you realize how much the Father loves you?  Some of you, I realize, have not had a good example of a father’s love lived out for you.  Let me assure you that His love is relentless!  It is the love of a perfect Father towards His precious children!  Not only would He lay down His life for you, but He did!  I urge you to find that kind of love and reflect it back to those around you.