Love takes Commitment

Love is a commitment.

Love is a commitment to be.

Love is a commitment to be right.

Love is a commitment to be right with someone.

Love is a commitment.

Love is a commitment to do right.
Love is a commitment to do right by someone.

Billy Graham on Love

Our Bible is a revelation of the fact that God is love.

When we preach justice, it is justice tempered with love.

When we preach righteousness, it is righteousness founded on love.

When we preach atonement for sin, it is atonement necessitated because of love,

provided by love, finished by love.

When we preach the resurrection of Christ, we are preaching the miracle of love.

When we preach the abiding presence of Christ, we are preaching the power of love.

When we preach the return of Christ, we are preaching the fulfillment of love.

~Billy Graham

Zero Sum

"Life minus love equals nothing!"  ~ George Sweeting

 Life - Love = -0-

 Life
-Love
_________
Nothing

Love strengthens

First Corinthians 8:1 says..."it is love that strengthens."

Have you ever noticed that before?  I hadn't.
Love strengthens.  Love builds.  Love helps us.  Love helps us help others.
Definitions tell us it is a power.  It enables us.
Be strengthened in your love.  Strengthen others with your love.  

Forgiveness essential for relationships

"...love and forgiveness are inextricably bound together...

God cannot love us unless He forgives us and cannot forgive us without a commitment to love us.

I cannot hope to ever love someone unless I am committed to forgive him."

Dan Allender

Energy for Love

"The energy for love flows not out of any effort,
but simply from being loved."  ~ Mike Mason

Where do you give yourself first?

"You will give yourselves to many things;
give yourself first to Love."
~Henry Drummond
The Greatest Thing in the World
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