God's Love the Real Thing

Love love love, all you need is love.Those are the opening words to an old
Beatles song. Well maybe they're right. Since February has Valentines
Day, what else could I write about?
One of our first memory verses is "God is love." 1 John 4:16. That isn't all of
it, but the idea is all the same. You might want to read all of 1st John; it's
all about love. In fact the whole bible is just one big love letter to us. God just
put something in for everybody's taste in reading.
Woops, back to the topic. God's love is better than anything else. We can try
to measure up, but will fall short every time. The old testament tells of the
Israelites attempts over thousands of years. When it comes to being good,
we have met the enemy and they are us.
Next memory verse is John 3:16, "For God so loved the world that he gave
his only begotten son; that whosoever believeth in him should not perish,
but have everlasting life." The Israelites were there to tell the story and try to
help us get it right; but then God said whosoever believes.gets the prize!
Paul has lots of help for us humans on how to love as God loves. Try 1 Corinthians
chapter 13. It tells us love never gives up. I for one am really glad; I'm still
not getting it right. Thank God he knows my heart. Read about that and
learn 1 Samuel 16:7
It's between you and God to stay the right course. See you next month
and keep reading your bible!