Is your Love Loud-

David Crowder, in one of his songs, speaks about love:

Hear our songs, to You
When we dance feel us move; to You
When we laugh fill our smiles with You

We love You, Lord , We love You, We love you

And our love is big, Our love is loud
Fill this place with this love now
And our love is big, Our love is loud
Fill our lungs, To sing it now

Our God is near, Our God is near

When you walk is your love loud? When you talk is your love loud? Do you believe God is near? Is God your love?

God is love. This verse found in the latter half of 1 John 4: 8 describes what God is. John explains, “Dear friends, let us love one another, for love comes from God. Everyone who loves has been born of God and knows God;” followed with the concluding verse, “Whoever does not love does not know God, because God is love.”

Is it hard to care about misplaced items; while loving God with your whole heart? Is it hard to fill the voids in your life; while loving God with your whole heart?

The truth is, it is extremely hard doing anything without loving God with our whole heart! Everything comes from God. He is the root. If we love, we see love—we know love—we can love through him who has created love.

We know love: “this is love: not that we loved God, but that he loved us and sent his Son as an atoning sacrifice for our sins. Dear friends, since God so loved us, we also ought to love one another. No one has ever seen God; but if we love one another, God lives in us and his love is made complete in us.” [1 John 10-12]

The song, “They’ll know we are Christians by our love,” explains exactly that “They’ll know we are Christians by our love!” But, who are “they.” Perhaps the song expresses the message to non-Christians? Or, also our brothers and sisters in Christ? Are you known as a Christian because of your love or because of the label?

We get upset when things are misplaced. We get upset when we have trouble trying to understand our teen. But, if we come to God (who is love) we can learn to love others through the frustrations in our lives. If he is placed first – we are changed.

He wants all of you. He deeply-desperately loves you.

Like the wise preacher once said, “Love others until you do