As I was typing the title for this post I realized that it's sort of one of those titles that "mislead." Oh not intentionally but it does all the same. I chose it and the image above to talk about loving God but in my heart I don't believe you have to "prove" your love of God. I mean why should you? God knows everything that is in your heart so there's no need to prove anything.
God doesn't ask us to "prove" our love but He does ask us to LIVE that love. There's a difference. If we get caught up in proving: we will struggle, we will feel anguish, we will think, perhaps that we are never good enough, that we can never prove it. What a stressful life. God would never torment us in such a way.
Instead when you let go of "proving" anything and simply live your love you will experience a profound joy. God wants us to find joy in this life and by allowing our love for Him to flow throughout our daily choices (words and deeds) than we honor Him and deepen our relationship with Him.
"All things bright and beautiful, all things great and small...." Show kindness, show compassion, show love and God will know your great love for Him.
BUT and I repeat BUT.....don't get hung up on being perfect...we will all be grouchy, we will all say a sharp word, we will all make mistakes and handle something poorly, it's not those individual slip ups that I'm talking about....it is an overall life of kindness and love that is the focus of this post. It's a motto for living God's love, a mission statement, or a vision statement for life.
Hugs to all of you and may you live your love of God in small ways everyday.
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