Love Eternal 

   “We have come to know and to believe that God has love for us.  God is love, and whoever abides in love abides in God, and God in him.” (1 John 4: 16) 

   Many are unaware of or choose to ignore God’s love for them.  They wander through life, often unhappy, seeking the love they know they need but are unable to obtain.

   When I read scripture it’s so apparent that the whole bible is the story of the love that God has for us.  Over the centuries we have denied it, rejected it, and thrown it away.  And yet His love is there, offered for any who are willing to accept it and become His child.

   The Song of Songs is considered by many to be lewd, and some translations of  scripture have refused to include it.  But read with faith and with the desire to understand God’s love we find that it is one of the best love poems ever written.  It tells of the undying love of God for His people in the words that anyone can understand if they can drag their minds out of the gutter long enough to accept it.

   One of the greatest tragedies of this world is the failure to recognize God’s love in all that exists.  There is nothing that has been and nothing that will ever be that isn’t a reflection of God’s love for us.

   When we accept His love and give all our love in return there is a wondrous exchange.  The more we love Him the greater our reward in this life.  God wants to give us all the happiness there is in this world and total happiness in the world to come.  The price of this treasure is our love, given freely to the One who loves us with a far greater love than we can ever know in this lifetime.