Love Letter

Do you remember a time in your life when you received an envelope?  You knew it was from someone special, who cared about you.  You carefully opened the envelope and read every word.  There’s nothing like a love letter to get our heart going.  It brings a smile to our face.  It brightens our day.  It makes our heart quicken.  Christ is the living love letter from God.  The bible speaks of Jesus as God’s living logos, or Word.  God’s first and last word is love—Christ is far more than mere words, for He is the living expression of God’s love.  He embodied love in a way no other has.  John writes that the Word of God was from the beginning and came and dwelled among us.  In the ultimate expression of love, Christ gave his life that we might know forgiveness and new life, and most of all His great love.  And when our lives are touched by His love, we are forever changed.
 
(verse of the week)
“Dear friends, let us love one another, for love comes from God. Everyone who loves has been born of God and knows God. Whoever does not love does not know God, because God is love. This is how God showed his love among us: He sent his one and only Son into the world that we might live through him. This is love: not that we loved God, but that he loved us and sent his Son as an atoning sacrifice for our sins. Dear friends, since God so loved us, we also ought to love one another. No one has ever seen God; but if we love one another, God lives in us and his love is made complete in us.” (1 John 4:7–12 NIV11)
 
(prayer of the week)
Lord, help me to see again the great love you have for me.  Transform my life by your love.  May your love lead and guide me in all of life, and may my life reflect your love to all those around me, through your power and to your glory, amen.
 
Have a great week!—Pastor TJ
 
(quote of the week)
God loves each of us as if there were only one of us—St Augustine