1 John 4:8-9

 ‘He that loveth not knoweth not God;  for God is love. In this was manifested the love of God toward us, because that God sent his only begotten Son into the world, that we might live through him’

 DAILY READING – Acts 10:1-33; Joshua 7-8; Job 24

The world is full of hurting people. There are those who have been so wounded and disenchanted by people that they really don’t want anything to do with humans beings anymore.  Some have even so lost faith in people that they have turned to animals to meet their need for affection.  Imagine someone considering her pet her only true friend in the whole world, to the extent that she would bestow all her inheritance upon an animal. In 2011,  there was the story in the news of how a wealthy widow in Rome, disappointed in her human relations, on her death bed, left an inheritance of $13 million dollars to her cat.  News outlets were agog with the news of  this  94 year old wealthy widow of an Italian property tycoon, who left all her possessions  to a stray cat she had rescued from the streets.

Having no children she left to the cat, an inheritance that included cash, as well as properties in Rome, Milan and land in Calabria. She appointed her nurse as the administrator of the cat’s wealth. The nurse would live with the cat and ensure it had the best of cat comfort.  With that inheritance the cat became the 3rd richest pet in the world. The 2nd richest pet was a chimp named Kalu, whose owner, equally disappointed in humans, left him $80 million dollars inheritance. The top richest is a dog named Gunther IV, who inherited $372 million dollars from his owner an eccentric German countess.

Call these pet owners crazy, if you like, but their actions reflect the emptiness and loneliness in their hearts.

The truth is that people are looking for true love. But true love is hard to find, because people are looking in the wrong places. True Love more than a feeling is a person, and until one encounters Him true love remains elusive. God is love. And only God can truly love us the way we desire to be loved. People suffer because they lack the love of God. No one can truly fill the emptiness in the human heart, except God. Only Him can love us unconditionally, irrevocably, and this He has already proved by dying on Calvary’s tree for us. Greater love hath no man than this that a man laid down His life for His friends.

1 John 4:8-9 says ‘ In this was manifested the love of God toward us, because that God sent his only begotten Son into the world, that we might live through him’

God is love. You cannot truly talk of love outside of God.  And you cannot truly know love without knowing God. The love of God is the foundation, upon which any other love can rest. It is the stability of God’s love that keeps us strong enough to handle the frailty of  human love. No matter how anyone loves us, one day they are bound to disappoint us. If you are looking to a man or woman to love you perfectly, then you are in for heartaches and lots of disappointment. No matter how genuine and sincere someone may be, because of the imperfection of the human nature they are bound to fail  at some point. Only God remains ever faithful and ever unfailing in His love. So let us turn to His love, by seeking a deeper relationship with Him. Only Him can truly and perfectly meet our love need. Only when you truly know God, can you know true love.

PRAYER: Lord, please help me  seek  your love,  I know Your love never fails, Please  help me to seek you above anything else, even as I follow on  to the  great destiny you have for me. … 

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It takes a heart for God to make a mark in the sands of time. – WORDBITE 201.

 [ADAPTED FROM THE BOOK OPEN HEAVENS]