Anyway, right now I am talking about Thursday, day 15: the gift of love.
What I mean by the gift of love is not the romantic love that is between boyfriend and grilfriend or the love between husband and wife. Infact, I can't really say that I have that blessing as I do not have anyone special in my life right now. But my life is still full of love. I have the love of family, my parents and my brothers and sisters, the love of friends, the love of those I care for and I love them all back.
For many people love is a feeling or an emotion. When I looked up the definition of love on dictionary.com, I came up with a large selection of definitions, all of them relating to a feeling or affection. it was defined as a 'profoundly tender, passionate affection for another person', a 'feeling of warm personal attachment or deep affection' and some more to the same effect. As Christian's we know that love is so much more than that. Love is not just a feeling or an emotion. It is a essential part of a giving and recieving relationship. God gave us the model of love when He sent His Son, Jesus, to die for the sins of His children. "For God so loved the world that He sent His only begotten Son, that whoever believes in Him should not perish but have everlasting life' (John 3:16) God loves us! Jesus loves us! He showed that love in the biggest sacrifice ever. In the death on the cross. As Jesus says in John 15:13, "greater love has noone than this, than to lay down his life for his friends" and He did that. Not for his friends but also for his enemies. For sinners.
We have this example of love. And we can follow this example by giving of ourselves to those we love.
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