“Let love be your greatest aim." 1 Corinthians 14:1a (LB).
God is love and He calls us to live a life of love. (1 John 4:8) We show the world we belong to God's family when we love each other. Jesus said, "Your love for one another will prove to the world that you are my disciples." (John 13:35).
So this is the question: "How now shall we express Christ's love to others?"
So this is the question: "How now shall we express Christ's love to others?"
At Christmas we celebrate that God expressed His love to us in that He spent time with us. Christ made his home among us. (John 1:14) Giving others our time is a gift of love.
Rick Warren in his classic book "The Purpose Driven Life" says, "The best use of life is love - the best expression of love is time - the best time to love is now"
Warren observes: The importance of things can be measured by how much time we are willing to invest in them. The more time you give to something, the more you reveal its importance and value to you. If you want to know a person’s priorities, just look at how they use their time.
Time is your most precious gift because you only have a set amount of it. You can make more money, but you can’t make more time. When you give someone your time, you are giving them a portion of your life that you will never get back. Your time is your life. That is why the greatest gift you can give someone is your time.
So one Christmas gift of love is time. How else we do express God's love that we celebrate at Christmas? Come back tomorrow as we continue in our 25 days 2 Christmas.
Prayer: "God, may my love reflect your love this Christmas as I give my time to love my neighbor; whether that is with my family, my friends, my church and my greater community."
Gift to others: How will I make relationships my first priority? Plan to give time to others you have recently overlooked.
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