We are approaching the Valentine holiday, when we give sweets to our sweets to let them know how much we love them. And, let me tell you, I LOVE my wife and kids. Of course, I love a lot of people: my family, friends, everyone, but, obviously, a different kind of love than for my wife, which is a different love from any other love. Before I get too mushy, I better move on.
The key here is that I love everybody but with a different level, a different type of love. There are people in my life that I would give my life for. I would love to say that I would "gladly" die for but, let's be honest, "gladly". But, in all sincerity, there are people in my life that I would give my life for. However, would I give my life for an enemy?
Today's verse is Romans 5:8, ESV, which reads, "but GOD shows His love for us in that while we were still sinners, CHRIST died for us."
The very people that put JESUS on the cross, the very people that beat Him, and spat on Him, and tortured Him and crucified Him are the very ones that He gave His life for. He didn't stop there though. He gave His life for me, a man that wouldn't be born for almost two thousand years. He knew I would be a sinner, that I would need forgiveness, that I would disobey and break His laws (and His heart). Yet, He died for me!
If you want to explain true LOVE to someone, tell them about JESUS and how much He loves us.
Be Blessed,
Mickey T
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