Well, Valentines Day is back and along with it come some questions. What is true love? Will I ever find someone that loves me? How do I know if I love someone? There are more, but I would like to address the first one - what is true love?
Most teenagers today would probably interpret it as a boyfriend/girlfriend that really loves them and gives them gifts and fulfills all of their desires. So, if this is true love, am I losing out on something by not being involved in a dating relationship? Absolutely not! If we subscribe to the world's definition of true love, then we should all go "shopping" for a date immediately!
Fortunately, as Christians, we have a better definition of true love. This example is found in Jesus on the cross. John 3:16 says, "For God so loved the world, that He gave His one and only Son (Jesus) that whoever believes in Him shall not perish, but have eternal life." You might be asking, "What is the big deal? He died on a cross--end of story." No, not end of story. To really understand this, we need to back up a little. Jesus came to earth as a baby when He could have stayed in heaven as God. He came here to die. But this is where it gets amazing. Jesus was a perfect sinless man. Romans 3:23 tells us that if you sin (something we all do) you deserve to die. So since Jesus was sinless, why did He have to die? Because of love. (Yes, we are finally getting back to our original topic.) Jesus loved us (the whole world--a bunch of lousy sinners) so much, that He was willing to come to the earth and die for our sins! Not only did He die for the sins of all of those around Him, but the sins of the whole world--now and forevermore.
I hope now when you wonder what true love is, you will remember what Jesus did for you on the cross, and the true love that He showed to us. There is more to the story of Jesus (a lot more) but there isn't time for me to write all of that here. Please contact me at sistersinchrist.girlz@gmail.com if you have any questions.
Happy Valentines Day!
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