AmaZing Lavishing Love

“How great is the love the Father has lavished on us, that we should be called children of God!” 1 John 3:1 NIV

Not only does He love us, and give us child-of-God status, but He lavishes that love on us.

Lavish – what does that mean? The Thesaurus has a field day with this word: extravagant, unrestrained, over-the-top, excessive, plentiful, generous, abundant, copious, lush, smother … I could go on and on.

The point is, He is over-the-top with love for His children.

And why not? God is the essence, the very epitome, of love.

The bible tells us God is love.

He who does not love does not know God, for God is love. 1 John 4:8 NKJV

The bible also tells us the characteristics of love in 1 Corinthians 13 (the love chapter). The whole chapter is wonderful and not only describes love but has quite a bit to say about the motive for love; but, for my purposes today, let’s focus on these verses:

Love is patient and kind.

     Love is not jealous or boastful or proud or rude.

          It does not demand its own way.

It is not irritable, and it keeps no record of being wronged. 

     It does not rejoice about injustice but rejoices whenever the truth wins out. 

          Love never gives up, never loses faith, is always hopeful, and endures through every circumstance.

... 1 Corinthians 13:4-7 NLT

That’s what love is.

That’s what God is.

I can’t get over it – it is so AmaZing!

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Be encouraged on your journey Home to AmaZing Love. It. Will. Be. Worth. Everything!

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