Someone posted a video of a six-year-old girl talking to her mother. In her own way, she was expressing how she would like to see people love one another. The video has gone viral.
Love is the foundation of our faith. God, motivated by love, sent his son Jesus Christ to die for our sins. Jesus teaches us to love even our enemies.
In fact, Jesus said, "By this everyone will know that you are my disciples, if you love one another."- John 13:35 (NIV)
I think then, it is good to review one of the most beautiful scriptures that defines what love is, 1 Corinthians 13.
"If I speak in the tongues[a] of men or of angels, but do not have love, I am only a resounding gong or a clanging cymbal. If I have the gift of prophecy and can fathom all mysteries and all knowledge, and if I have a faith that can move mountains, but do not have love, I am nothing. If I give all I possess to the poor and give over my body to hardship that I may boast, but do not have love, I gain nothing.
Love is patient, love is kind. It does not envy, it does not boast, it is not proud. It does not dishonor others, it is not self-seeking, it is not easily angered, it keeps no record of wrongs. Love does not delight in evil but rejoices with the truth. It always protects, always trusts, always hopes, always perseveres." 1 Cor 13:1-7 (NIV)
If our love does not shine above everything else, our words and works are useless.
