On Saturday April 20th, It was the first day of the small group bible study that was lead by Rick Warren's video program "40 days of community". It focused on the subject of "love" in a whole new perspective.
How many times in life did we hear the word love? How many times did we spoke of the word love? well... What is love?
1 Corinthians 13:4 ~ Love is patient, love is kind. It does not envy, it does not boast, it is not proud.
We all have heard of this verse, and its descriptive words in defining what is love. The first day of this program covered a lot of truth and reveling of new knowledge, that nothing in this world will matter without love. But what really strike me is when a simple question was asked " How do you show love?" It is something I have never questioned myself. I answered love for me is shown through Honesty and loyalty. But I knew there has to be more.
"Honesty is the best policy", but sometimes they can only be just words. There was this one quote I've heard of, saying.. "Actions speaks louder than words". From my past and in today's society, words have been taken for granted. I have heard the word "Love" too many times, that I became so familiar with it that I no longer knew the meaning of such. To me expressing love into action is through effort.
In the morning I woke up with the same thought in my head, then God showed me a vision I will never forget. He showed me the cross, His nail pierced hands, and the crown of thorns. God so mighty, God so Great, God of all powers and authority would trade His throne and everything He has for a wooden cross.
That morning He reminded me of the first person to show me love in action, and that is Jesus. If Jesus would do that to prove His love for us, then we must be so darn special in His eyes and He must extremely love us. I say this is true Love!
