Accepting Unconditional Love
If you really get down to it, aren’t we all looking for unconditional love? Many Christian singles enter into dating relationships with hopes of finding this kind of true love. While I certainly believe God can lead you to a life long soulmate, only the Lord can love us unconditionally.
I know some of us feel we have to “earn our love with God, and never quite are able to accept what He says about us in His word. But the neat and ironic thing is, once we accept God’s unconditional love, we can then love ourselves and others (including our future mate) more fully.
Unconditional Love From Above
In 1 John 4:9-11, we are reminded that God proved His love for us by sending His Son to be the payment for our sins. If you ever find yourself doubting God’s love for you, look to the cross, where it was settled once and for all. Let’s be led not by our feelings, but by our faith in the risen Christ who loves us with an never-ending unconditional love!
Bible Verse of Day
~This is how God showed his love among us: He sent his one and only Son into the world that we might live through him. This is love: not that we loved God, but that he loved us and sent his Son as an atoning sacrifice for our sins. Dear friends, since God so loved us, we also ought to love one another~1 John 4:9-11
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Love Tests-The Ultimate Love Test
Are you familiar with love tests? You can see love tests on many dating sites and in romance/dating magazines. What exactly is a love test? A love test is basically a quiz, a set of questions that supposedly will determine whether or not the girl or guy you are dating really loves you, or is just faking it.
In my opinion, most of these love tests are inaccurate, and should be taken sort of like the “he loves me, he loves me not” games we used to play when we were kids. (Just thought I’d share that the petals on my flower always seemed run out on she loves me not)
A True Love Test
A real love test will take into account the actions of a person, and not just his or her’s words. How often have we heard those wonderful words “I love you”, only to realize later that the person saying them was manipulative and insincere. Mere words ring hollow, but actions speak volumes.
In this regard of connecting our words with our actions, the Bible speaks an awful lot about the meaning of love, and always connects true love with sacrificial giving of one’s self and goods.
Bible Verse of the Day
“This is how we know what love is: Jesus Christ laid down his life for us. And we ought to lay down our lives for our brothers. If anyone has material possessions and sees his brother in need but has no pity on him, how can the love of God be in him? Dear children, let us not love with words or tongue but with actions and in truth.” 1 John 3:16-18
As a single Christian, how do your actions in the relationships add up against the “ultimate love test” found this verse. Are you all talk and no action? Do your words ring true, or are you just blowing hot air?
Are you a Christian single with something to share about love tests?
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