Love Letter part 2
We are God's love letter to the world. To each other. He wrote His Word (which is Jesus, which is love) on our hearts, and when we keep our hearts open the letter He wrote is read by all men. People see God when they see us. When they see us... love. Because God IS love. There is no other way TO see God than to see love. Now watch this: "For in him we live, and move, and have our being; as certain also of your own poets have said, For we are also his offspring" (Acts 17:28). This is such a powerful verse to me. Espeically that last part. In Him we have our being. In Him we know who we are. Who we really are. Not who the world says we are. Not who our past (present, or future) mistakes say we are. Not even who WE say we are. But who God says we are. Let God be true and every man a liar, right? God said it and that settles it, right? Well, He said I'm His favorite. And He said the same thing about you. We are the apple of His eye. We are His perfect creation. And He created us so that He could express Himself. Express Himself to us, and in us, and through us, and as us. Because the reverse of Acts 17:28 is also true. In US He lives, and moves, and Has HIS being. We are the visible face of the invisible God. We are how He has chosen to show Himself. "Beloved, now are we the sons of God, and it doth not yet appear what we shall be: but we know that, when he shall appear, we shall be like him; for we shall see him as he is" (1 John 3:2). And, listen, I know a lot of people take this verse to mean, "When Jesus comes back we'll be changed into something better." But I think this "appearing" is really an ongoing thing. Like how we have been saved, are being saved, and will be saved. Right? I think that when Jesus appears... to me... I'll be like Him. Every time love appears--to me, and in me, and through me, and as me--I am more my real self. My mind is renewed and I am transformed into what I've already been transformed into. A disciple of Jesus is simply a student of love. Learning how to love as we learn how we are loved. Letting God love us and loving others with that love. That's the New Commandment for the New Man. Receive and release the love of God. Receive it BY releasing it. Read the love letter that He wrote on our hearts, and in so doing, let others read it as well. Share what we've got. What we ARE. We ARE the Son(s) of God. Already. Made in His image and then on the cross conformed into the image of His Son. We are who we need to be. We simply need to know who we are. And we know who we are when we know who He is. And He is revealing Himself to us, and in us, and through us day by day. Leading and guiding us into all truth. The truth that God is love and He loves you. That truth that you are loved. And because you are loved you CAN love. Because you are loved... you are LOVE. That's what God wrote on our hearts. That's how God's heart beats with love in our chests. He wrote, "Let there be light." So that we can see clearly. See HIM clearly, and see ourselves clearly IN Him. He wrote, "I love you, I love you, I love you. I'll never stop loving you." That's His Word. That's His love letter. He wrote, "I love you so much I'd rather die than be without you." And because He died--because He gave His life for us and to us--we can live. We can live HIS abundant, everlasting, eternal, Resurrection Life of love as He lives it (one more time) in us, and through us, and as us!