Love and be Loved

There is no fear in love. But perfect love drives out fear, because fear has to do with punishment. The one who fears is not made perfect in love. We love because he first loved us. Whoever claims to love God yet hates a brother or sister is a liar. For whoever does not love their brother and sister, whom they have seen, cannot love God, whom they have not seen. 1 John 4:18-20 NIV

One of the greatest things to experience in this life, if not the greatest, is to love, and to be loved. This common bond of love has to start in one person first before it can find its way to be returned. Remember your first, and possibly greatest love? One of you had to take the risk, and express that love first. The rest (as they say) is history!

Our verse puts it into perspective, and gets the timeline right. We are able to love, only because He loved us first. Think about it and let it sink in. Before we even knew anything about God or His presence, He loved us!

For those who have known the pure joy of a true bond of human love in this world, just think how much stronger and greater that love will be for our Saviour and all His loved ones, when we get to Heaven. We will see Him as He is, and know again that God really IS love! What a day that will be when we ultimately can “Love and be Loved”.