Love of God

"Greater love hath no man than this. That a man lay down his life for his friends" John 15:13. The Love of God is great beyond measure. The most important and powerful commandments that God gives to us pertains to love. He even exhorts us to love one another and he promises that as we keep his commandments we will abide in his love. John 15 Love

What is the love of God? As we think of Gods love and we try to explain it and form it into a word that makes sense to your human minds the word that suffices the eternal make up of it all is Charity. In the Bible we read that Charity is the pure love of Christ. Paul's address within 1 Corinthians 13 we learn all that Charity entails the eternal make up of our perfect exemplar in Heaven. Charity is love, it suffereth long, is not puffed up, is kind, patient, forgiving, and all pure and holy acts of good.Charity is Christ, Christ is love.

John 3:16 We read the greatest act of love that Christ came into the world to save us, even so doing to lay down his life so that we can be free from the bonds of death and Satan which has bound us to him because of the transgression of Adam and Eve in the Garden of Eden. The Atonement is the greatest act of love in the history of the world and of mankind. We can never fully understand this sacrificial act of the Atonement nor the great love Christ has for all of us to give up his life and suffer an excruciating amount of pain so that we can be saved and return to the presence of God.

As we look around our life and we see through the eyes of God we will come to understand and see more fully his love abounding before us in all things. We can and do witness miracles before us each and every day but we overlook them and do not recognize the hand in the Lord of such miracles. The blessing of having children shows forth the love of God in our lives and the ability and the gift of a family. Prayer is a great privilege for us all to come to God, to know of him and to feel of his love for us. It is through prayer that we feel Gods love and understand, coming in tune with His Spirit that we see Gods love in our daily life.

Another wonderful gift we have been given that we can partake of Gods love and be a witness of his love is through the Holy Scriptures which he has given to us. The Book of Mormon along with the Bible both stand together as witnesses of God and Jesus Christ. As we read through these sacred pages we tap into Gods power but most of all we come to feel of his love for us. These preserved writings aid us in our life and help us to know the will of God and the direction he wants us to take.

Gods love is never ending. He loves all his children and is no respecters of men. He is perfect therefore he loves us all perfectly without guile and without reservations. His love moves us and empowers us to do things we would never think possible. We can come to feel of his love in various ways such as prayer, reading the scriptures, serving and helping others, and countless ways. As you go outside consider your surroundings as you do so you will come to feel of Gods love within your heart. His love is pure and perfect, and he is all powerful. He wants us to become as he is and he has given us the tools and enables us to grow to our full potential. His love empowers us.