I have been meaning to create this page ever since I finished blogging about my European adventures (you can read about my travels here: Genevieve in Barcelona), but never seemed to find the time during the busy school year. I don’t really have a specific writing theme planned, so I’m just going to go with the flow and see where that takes me. I’m aiming for a mixture of life, love, and the pursuit of happiness.
This past year I have come to define my life’s purpose of spreading God’s love to all the people He places in my life. I specify God’s love because that love is perfect. It is beyond what we expect or deserve. He lets us do what we want, but rejoices when we choose to love Him in return. His love is unconditional. God is love. His love for me and for you doesn’t even begin to compare to the love I have to offer, but He can use my life in crazy ways to share His love to others. As I learn to lean on Him more and trust in the Spirit, He is able to use me in more ways than I could have ever imagined. And that is so exciting! Love love love. Agape!
How powerful is it when Jesus shares this with His disciples?
“A new commandment I give to you, that you love one another: just as I have loved you, you are also to love one another. By this all people will know that you are my disciples, if you have love for one another” (John 13:34-35).
He explicitly commands us to love one another. If all people believed in a just, loving God, we would be living in a different world. Hear about some of the injustices in our world, such as human trafficking in my friend, Robbie’s post here. Can you imagine an environment where we all set out to love one another unconditionally without question? There would be no murder, rape, hatred, yelling. What if this week we all strive to spread a little agape love to 10 people? It doesn’t have to be through big, major displays, but a little kindness here and there goes a long way.
The greatest act of love God shared with us was sending down His only, perfect Son to die on the cross for our lives to save us from sin.
“But God shows His love for us in that while we were still sinners, Christ died for us” (Romans 5:8).
Think about sharing a little of God’s love (agape) this week. I bet it’ll benefit you too!
