Valentine's Day is known as a day of love. Heart shaped candy's, boxes, balloons, etc. But where does human love come from? Where else but from God. God is Love, it is He who has given us the ability to love. When we love someone else, it is only possible because God has given us that love.
Have you ever stopped to consider the depths of God's love for us? It completely blows me away every time I think about it. God loved me and you and the rest of the world so much that he gave us His only Son. Now consider this, would you give away any of your children? How about if it was your only child? Sometimes people do give up their children, as in the case of adoption. However, they usually do so because they love the child so much and recognize that they cannot possibly take care of the child in the way he/she needs to be cared for. When they give that child up, they fully trust that the people to whom they give the child will care for that child, love and nurture that child and provide for the child's well-being. In other words, they know the child will be loved and cared for.
Now consider Jesus. God sent his only son into the world. He entrusted him to humanity, fully knowing that Jesus would not be loved or taken care of at the end of his time here. Knowing what we were going to do to His only child.......knowing His Son would be beaten, crucified, and suffer terribly at our hands. He knew all this and yet He loved us so much He was willing to do that. I can't even fathom that kind of love. I can't imagine why God would choose to love me that much, but the reality is He does. He loves all of us that much. He loves us the way no human being on earth has or ever can. He loves us like we were His own child.
The Bible is full of His love for us........check it out.
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