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How do you choose love, even when you don’t feel like it? As a Christian, I’m called to love, but it’s not easy. In fact, it’s easier to overlook or ignore rather than to chose love. 

Something has happened to me lately.

In the shadow of my grandma’s death, something has stirred in my soul. It started as the faintest whisper but as every day passes, the voice gets louder.

Do something. Do anything to let the people in your life know how much you love them.

The minutes are dripping like water through a sieve. Time is escaping me. I feel unable to keep up with these extraordinary feelings, overwhelming thoughts, and the desire to let every person know that they are loved… that I love them.

Usually when I sit down in front of my computer, the words that I can’t speak, flow with ease out of my fingertips but I’m at a loss to describe this feeling, this urgency… to let others know that they are loved.

The thing is, I don’t want to just tell them, I want to show them.

I am desperate to show my love. I feel like I’m a balloon being blown up and the pressure inside of me is so intense, so strong, I’m afraid of bursting.

This love needs to find its way out. It needs to travel across oceans, it needs to embrace the hurt, it needs to cross economic barriers, and fall upon those who need it. This indescribable love….

My grandma loved. She really, truly, loved. She was a beautiful example of Jesus’ two commandments to “Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind [and to] love your neighbour as yourself.” (Matthew 22: 37-40)

Perhaps this desire in me is because I wish to carry on my grandma’s legacy. Perhaps this is all part of the grieving process. Even if it’s part of the grieving process, I don’t want to lose this desire to just shower my love on others.

Maybe you understand? Maybe you’ve felt this at some point in time?

Every moment is precious.

It may sound cliche but we’ve got this opportunity to love and be loved. To give, to create, and to inspire. To cherish, to delight, and to be overwhelmed by the glory and grandeur of life.

HOW DO YOU CHOOSE LOVE?

Life is full of choices. You can’t go wrong if you choose love. Yet the question remains, how do you choose love (even if you don’t feel like it)?

Take a moment and read Matthew 22:37-40.

And he said to him, “You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind. This is the great and first commandment. And a second is like it: You shall love your neighbor as yourself. On these two commandments depend all the Law and the Prophets.” (ESV)

Those words are convicting, aren’t they? If we meditate on these two laws and live our lives according to these commands, we WILL choose love… even when it’s difficult to love.

If you still struggle to love then take these steps:

  1. Get into prayer. Ask God to help you love others.
  2. If you have unforgiveness in your heart, ask the Lord for His help you to forgive.
  3. Always remember how much God love you. 
  4. Dwell on scriptures that speak about love (especially Matthew 22: 37-40)

I’m going to live my life the Matthew 22: 37-40 way.

I’ve wasted so much time not loving enough and not giving enough. I want to give all of me, to everyone I encounter, and not just friends and colleagues. I want to love everyone with no exceptions.

Whether you’re single or married; male or female; employed or unemployed; rich or poor; there is always love. Love can never be lost or wasted. Love is yours to receive and yours to give.

Will you join me? Will you choose love above all else? Will you put aside anger, fear of rejection, apathy, and resentment? Will you follow those two key commandments and commit your life to love?

When you walk away from the words on this screen, how will you choose love?

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Scripture quotations are from the ESV® Bible (The Holy Bible, English Standard Version®), copyright © 2001 by Crossway, a publishing ministry of Good News Publishers. Used by permission. All rights reserved. May not copy or download more than 500 consecutive verses of the ESV Bible or more than one half of any book of the ESV Bible.
 


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Jennifer Bly
Author of My Kitchen, My Classroom: An Introduction to Homeschool and creator of The Deliberate Mom. Jennifer writes about parenting, homeschooling, her faith, and life with her husband and two girls. Jennifer has a Bachelor of Applied Human Service Administration Degree with a specialization in Early Learning in Child Care.



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