The One About Love.
February is known far and wide as the month of love. And Dental Health. And President's Day. But seriously, since when did we humans decide that we were the authorities on love? Since when did we decide that Jesus Christ dying on the cross to rectify our sins was less of a display of love than a glittery piece of pink paper? Since when did we start believing that the message of John 3:16 is somehow less impactful? A children's verse. The one everyone knows. It's overused. And yet not used enough. Understood, yet confusing. "God so LOVED the world, that he GAVE his only begotten son, so that whoever believeth in him, shall NOT perish, but have everlasting life." (emphasis mine.) God's love is about GIVING, SACRIFICE. LOVE. LIFE. SALVATION. EVERLASTING LIFE. God sent his one and only son, Jesus Christ, to die a horrible death on the cross. Painful. Agonizing. Messy. LIFEGIVING. The gift