God's Glory Church

“We love Him because He first loved us.” — 1 John 4:19
Sitting next to my friend Margaret, who was lying in a hospital bed, I watched the bustle of medical staff and visitors. A young woman sitting next to her sick mother asked Margaret, “Who are all these people who keep visiting you?” She replied, “These are members of my church family!” The young woman remarked that she had never seen anything like it; in her opinion, numerous visitors were like a “manifestation of tangible love”. Margaret, smiling, answered: “All this can be explained by our love for God through His Son Jesus Christ!”

With her answer, Margaret repeated the words of the apostle John, who in the last years of his life wrote three letters full of love. In his first letter, he said: “God is love, and whoever abides in love abides in God, and God abides in him” (1 John 4:16). That is, those who recognize that “Jesus is the Son of God” (v. 15), have God who lives in them through “His Spirit” (v. 13). How can we lovingly care for others? “We love Him because He first loved us” (v. 19).

Thanks to the gift of God’s love, visiting Margaret was not a difficult task for me or for other members of our church. I received more than I gave, not only from Margaret, but also from observing her gentle testimony about her Savior Jesus. And how can God show love to others through you today?

Have you been surprised that someone noticed a manifestation of God’s love in your life? How does His love move you to serve others?
Loving God, I love because You first loved me. Please continue to increase my love so that Your Spirit will shine through me.
By Amy Buescher Pye