I used to love listening to ‘Just three words’ on Radio 2 drive time. Listeners texted snippets of their news into the radio station in just three words. eg:
School Play Tonight
Broken finger ouch!
Yummy Birthday Cake
Peppermint tea please
Brand new puppy
Homework’s all done
Although the above collection of three words are about relatively minor life events, it got me thinking about the power of words. Just three words:
God is love
If you ever land in Dublin airport, you’ll see those words on a steeple as you walk out of the terminal. The Bible declared it first in 1 John 4:8: ‘God is love.’ The essence of God is love. At the heart of God there’s love- redeeming love.
God loves you
It’s one thing to know that God is love, but quite another to know that He loves you. We may feel unlovely or unloveable at times but we are never unloved. We are loved by the One who knows us best- our Creator God.
God so loved
One of the most well-known verses in the Bible states:
‘For God so loved the world, that he gave his only Son, that whoever believes in him should not perish but have eternal life.’
(John 3:16 ESV)
God so loved that He gave. He gave His One & Only Son.
Love came down
God,
whose very essence is love,
sent His Love down to our planet &
wrapped Love in flesh & swaddling clothes.
Love walked earth’s dusty, well-trod paths.
Love grew and gave.
Love brought hope to the hurting,
total healing to the sick,
sunsets and rainbows to the blind,
walking & leaping to the lame.
Love gave,
and kept on giving
to a world dying to know true Heaven-sent Love.
When Love’s God-appointed Day arrived,
Love gave Himself for us-
Love nailed to a cross,
yet held there by Love-
that we, the unlovely,
would know that we are truly, deeply loved by God.
But,
even brutal crucifixion could not kill Love,
for,
Love rose with the sunrise in the garden,
and returned to heaven in a cloud.
Now Love dwells in heaven- interceding And Love’s Spirit dwells in the hearts of we who believe.
So, always remember- no matter where you are on this journey called life:
You are loved
{by the One who knows you best-yet loves you most}
Blessings,
Ruthx
Blessed! 