Learning To Love

Most Loving Lord, the word “love” has many meanings in the world today. I often think of love as a feeling toward another person or object. It is hard to control my feelings and sometimes I have a natural dislike toward someone and feel like I cannot fulfill Your command to love my neighbor. But, … Read more

Most Understanding Lord, when Your people become crushed, overwhelmed and confused their hope fades and they feel lost. Suffering takes many forms … physical abuse, lost of a loved one, debilitating sickness, loss of job, etc. The pain and anguish caused by these events tempt us to turn back to the darkness from which we … Read more

My Loving Savior, the whole gospel comes into focus when You said, “God so loved the world that He gave His one and only Son so that whoever believes in Him shall not perish but have eternal life.” God’s love is not self-centered but reaches out to draw others in. In these words, You established … Read more

Most Gracious Lord, through the institution of marriage, You show me in the Book of Hosea Your unending love for sinful people. A wedding is a joyful celebration of love. It is a beautiful commitment of two lives that become one through a lifetime spent together. Marriage was ordained by You AND it illustrates Your … Read more

My Heavenly Father, love is a choice to be more like You. My loving actions convey the reality that I have been born of You and know You. When I do not act in love toward others it shows that I do not know You because You are love. You showed me Your love personally … Read more

My Loving Savior, in a morally corrupt world love is a confusing concept that has come to have little lasting value. Most people today still do not see love as a lasting bond between You or someone else that they are close to at the present time. Its meaning has become very convoluted. Love is … Read more

My Faithful Lord, our newspapers today contain stories about sexual escapades, secret rendezvous, and extra marital affairs. Society promotes sexual freedom, perversion, and commitment to one person as being “old-fashioned.” Sex, created by You and pronounced as good, has been deliberately perverted. It has been turned into a twisted, exploited, illicit and self-gratifying activity. Love … Read more

Most Wondrous Lord, I praise You for Your steadfast faithfulness to me and the marvelous things You have done for me. You had a plan for my life when I was born and You sent me into the world to fulfill it. You have been my refuge in times when I was needy or in … Read more

Loving and Compassionate Lord, You explained the spirit of the 10 Commandments when You summarized them in saying … “Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind. And the second is like it: Love your neighbor as yourself.” What You are telling me is … Read more