THE LOVE SOFTWARE

It's been quite a while, friends! I sincerely apologize for the "break in transmission". I had my phones stolen, and it was oh so painful! To my utter amazement, even after getting a new phone, it seemed like a struggle to write a post. But bless God, on Monday morning, after yielding to a nudging in my spirit (as simple as washing a few extra plates stacked on the kitchen sink), a dam broke loose! These words from Romans 5:5 resonated afresh in my heart....the love of God is shed abroad in my heart by the Holy Spirit.....I've got divine capacity to love even as my Father loves!

To hear some folks talk, you would think that God gave us the command to love and left us to figure out how to do it with our limited or non-existent ability! Oh but no, He did not! Rather, God, Himself being Love (1John 4:8), gave us the capacity to love, He gave us the agape software! Love has poured out the Holy Spirit, and now the Holy Spirit pours out love in our hearts.

The Holy Spirit, through Paul in Ephesians 4:32 & 5:2, commands us to love as God loves. If not for the indwelling Holy Spirit, this would be a tall order, better still, an impossible task, but praise God, He dwells in us and pours out His love in our hearts! For you, the new creation man in Christ, loving is no longer a burden but a responsibility, your responsibility. Loving has become as simple as a choice.

That which is born of the flesh is flesh, that which is born of the Spirit is spirit (John 3:6).....according to the law of life, like begets like, by extension therefore, that which is born of Love must, of necessity, be love. We are born of Love, we are love, our very nature is love. That is why He says, be ye followers of God, as dear children (Ephesians 5:1). He is our love-model, we can follow Him, we can love as He loves.

All that we need to love as He loves, to love with His quality and kind of love, to forgive as He forgives, to forgive the unforgivable, love the undeserving, to be kind when we don't FEEL like being kind, to walk in love when everything in us and around us screams out against it, all that we need to love God-class, He has given unto us..........His nature (love), His Spirit (the Spirit of love) (2Timothy 1:7), and His Word (the love-map to show us how He loves).....all that is needed for God-class living and loving, He has given unto us, and abundantly too (2Peter 1:3).

Beloved, I beseech you by the mercies of God, never say or think to yourself, only God can love that way. Never say, I can't possibly forgive, I can't possibly love that way, he's hurt me so much, she's such a terrible creature, they don't deserve love, they don't deserve my forgiveness. Rather, when the Spirit tugs at your heart, when He prompts you in your spirit to act in love, to be kind, to forgive, to demonstrate agape, let your response be a strong and yielded YES LORD! Say yes, be willing, say yes, because He's not asking you to do it by yourself. Say yes, He's only asking you to do what Himself has done and has enabled you to do.

Greater love hath no man than this, that a man lay down his life for his friends (John 15:13). Like, who does that?! Well, God does that! Bless God, WE do that! I tell you, there is absolutely no limit to your love because there is no limit to God's love. You can love as He loves. Your love bears ALL things, believes ALL things, hopes ALL things, endures ALL things. Your love does not fail, does not fade out, does not become obsolete, does not come to an end (1Corinthians 13:7-8). There's no end, NO LIMIT, no breaking point to your love!

Walk in this love, walk in this light, you will never stumble! SHALOM SHALOM!