It's relatively easy to communicate about love primarily because it's an emotion we attribute to people and things. Love is a crucial emotional need that helps people thrive from infancy throughout each developmental stage of life. Love is tough but can be wounded, yet restored within the bounds of forgiveness.
God's word is clear about his love being long-suffering and patient. That being true, we are commanded to love him as he loves us. This does not mean we are to love him with a loose definition of the word, but with our complete being. In other words, we are to give God our absolute best each day.
We realize that loving God with all our heart, strength, soul, and mind is difficult to grasp. However our hope does not depend on our own righteousness, but on the righteousness of Christ Jesus who compensates for our deficiencies. As you allow yourself to be loved by God, you will grow to love him more completely.
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I love those who love me, and those who seek me
diligently find me.
~Proverbs 8:17 English Standard Version
Do your best to present yourself to God an approved
workman who has nothing to be ashamed of, who properly presents the message of
truth.
~2 Timothy 2:15 Williams – New Testament in the Language
of the People
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