The gift of love

The gift of love...
"And she will have a son, and you are to name him Jesus, for he will save his people from their sins." All of this occurred to fulfill the Lord’s message through his prophet: "Look! The virgin will conceive a child! She will give birth to a son, and they will call him Immanuel, which means 'God is with us.'" When Joseph woke up, he did as the angel of the Lord commanded and took Mary as his wife. But he did not have sexual relations with her until her son was born. And Joseph named him Jesus. Matthew 1:21-25 NLT

Christmas is a time of sharing, caring, giving, but above all, it is a time to demonstrate the powerful and living force called love... God is love. It was His intense love for you and I that caused Him to send His beloved Son to earth. This was the greatest gift ever given through all the ages. A gift cannot be earned, cannot be bought, and is freely given. Matthew 10:8 says that "freely ye have received, freely give". One thing that you and I can give is love. Oh that we would all get a revelation of the power of Gods love that manifested and demonstrated through us has the ability to impact people’s lives.
Love never fails! When we love those around us, we can be certain that change will come. This is a time when families should be together, but through circumstances some have become fragmented and divided.

May God give you the courage to reach out to your loved ones and bring healing to your family at this time. May we all respond and share His love with the lonely, hurt and disillusioned.
Freely we have received from Him, let us freely give during the festive season.

The Way of Love1 Corinthians Chapter 13 (Message Bible)
1If I speak with human eloquence and angelic ecstasy but don't love, I'm nothing but the creaking of a rusty gate. 2If I speak God's Word with power, revealing all his mysteries and making everything plain as day, and if I have faith that says to a mountain, "Jump," and it jumps, but I don't love, I'm nothing. 3-7If I give everything I own to the poor and even go to the stake to be burned as a martyr, but I don't love, I've gotten nowhere. So, no matter what I say, what I believe, and what I do, I'm bankrupt without love.

Love never gives up.
Love cares more for others than for self.
Love doesn't want what it doesn't have.
Love doesn't strut,
Doesn't have a swelled head,
Doesn't force itself on others,
Isn't always "me first,"
Doesn't fly off the handle,
Doesn't keep score of the sins of others,
Doesn't revel when others grovel,
Takes pleasure in the flowering of truth,
Puts up with anything,
Trusts God always,
Always looks for the best,
Never looks back,
But keeps going to the end.

Trust steadily in God, hope unswervingly, love extravagantly. And the best of the three is love.
May this season bring joy to you and your whole family.
God bless