God is Love

KNOW who you are...

BE who you are...

SAY who you are...

I AM.  This is who God says he is, solely I AM.

He always was.  He is.  He always will be.

The enormity of this challenges my mind. 

God is love.  

God's love is 

faithful without compromise, 

devoted without reservation, 

and enduring for eternity.

As God's love comes to us, 
it beckons us in, 

calls us to know it's goodness, 

and invites us to receive it purely. 

Paul describes this love to the Corinthian church:
Love is patient, love is kind. It does not envy, it does not boast, it is not proud.  It does not dishonor others, it is not self-seeking, it is not easily angered, it keeps no record of wrongs.  Love does not delight in evil but rejoices with the truth.  It always protects, always trusts, always hopes, always perseveres.

Love never fails.
1 CORINTHIANS 13

Love flows out to and for another.  In a world that tends toward narcissism, it's hard to fully imagine the kind of love that is totally intended for the good of others.  

David Crowder co-wrote and recorded a song titled "I Am" that speaks of this kind of love.  It's an ALWAYS kind of love, never ending.  Listen and just receive it...

There's no space that His love can't reach
There's no place where we can't find peace
There's no end to Amazing Grace
Take me in with your arms spread wide
Take me in like an orphan child
Never let go, never leave my side.

I am,
Holding on to You.
I am,
Holding on to You.
In the middle of the storm,
I am Holding on,

I am