~Love~

I want to take a moment to talk about love. Love for many people has different meanings. Some people consider love to be an inherent attraction they have for another human being. Others who have several different types of relationships have different levels of love that they express for parents, children, pets, things, family, etc. So essentially love can be expressed in different forms and fashions. However, love is the greatest commandment that God gave us; He said that we must love our neighbors as we love ourselves. Even when discussing the fruits of the spirit God says that love is the greatest above all. There are different forms of love but the agape form of love is the purest way to express love from one person to another. That form of love is forgiving, caring, honest, kind, and non-judgmental. I know people in general have a difficult time truly expressing agape love in its purest form. It was the agape love of Jesus Christ that allowed many of us to become Christians and be saved, but many of us that call ourselves Christians have a difficult time truly expressing agape love. Unfortunately we hold on to grudges and blame others for our shortcomings, my friends that is not the way to express the agape love of Jesus Christ. We even often pass judgment on other people knowing that we are still walking in unrighteousness. That is not the agape love of Jesus Christ. I know we are all striving for perfection daily, but in the pursuit of our striving for perfection, let's take time to pursue showing the agape love of God. I'm not saying it will be easy, it will be hard I'm sure, but do your best to achieve it, because when you do, you will find that you will have greater peace. I'm not saying that I have perfected expressing agape love, but I am definitely striving to express and show it the best way I can. Be blessed in you expression of pure agape love toward one another.

Peace,

Tamishia