“Beloved, let us love one another, for love is from God, and whoever loves has been born of God and knows God. Anyone who does not love does not know God, because God is love.” 1 John 4:7-8

I want you to take a few seconds or minutes and think about the depths of love that Jesus has for you. Depending on the day, perhaps you feel a barrier, because we may know all too well, how we often fail, falter, take our eyes off our King, and at times maybe even want nothing to do with Him. But I'm here to tell you that in those exact moments, Christ's all-encompassing love is yet all the more present and there to sustain you! For He has chosen you, though you fail, called you his own, though you falter, and you have a place at His table even when your gaze is not perfectly fixed on the divine host. So do think about how Christ's love for you is like a consuming ocean that you cannot swim away from. Do think about that he is the greatest joy in times of triumph. Do think about that He is your deepest comfort in your most trying of sorrows. Oh, what love he has for his children...Oh, what love he has for you!

So join me in praising God, for his persistent love. Praise God, that he continually shows us what love is even right now. Praise God, that he first loved us which enables us to, therefore, go and love on others exactly where they are.

So today, the remainder of this week, and continually, let there be no shortage of love from the children of God especially during the times we are all experiencing. Ask Jesus right now, to love others through you as he has so graciously covered you in his love.

Written by Elder Darryl Bradford