The Definition of Love

1 John 4:10-12
This is love: not that we loved God, but that he loved us and sent his Son as an atoning sacrifice for our sins. Dear friends, since God so loved us, we also ought to love one another. No one has ever seen God; but if we love one another, God lives in us and his love is made complete in us.

So many of us go throughout our lives searching to find what love really means. We seek to find the definition of love in the search for our significant other. We seek it in bonds with friends. And we seek it in things that we can be passionate about in our lives. We search so desperately on Earth for this perfect love and find ourselves only temporarily satisfied in the various forms of love that this world offers us. However, the love that this world offers us is not the true love that we crave and need to sustain our hearts. That true love we chase after can only be found in God and God alone. That true meaning of love, that definition of love we try so hard to unscramble is laid out in God's love letter to us: God is love. And God gave us a perfect picture of just how deep His love runs for us as His Son hung on that cross for our sins. The definition of love was spelled out for us on that day when Jesus gave life so that we may live in God's love. God is love. Purely. Simply. Truly. Love. And once we allow this pure love to manifest within us, we find that we can't contain it. God's love is so grand and infinite that it overflows from our hearts and pours out into the empty, love starved hearts of those around us. God desires for you to know and embrace this love in Him that your brokenness within may be mended by His love which is made complete in us as He lives in us. God is love. Let Him be the true love of your life.

Read over the verse above once more. Let it really soak in and resonate within you. God is love. And in this moment, your heavenly Father wants you to live the life that He has planned for you in His incredible love. Come to Him with what is going on in your life with love. Open up to Him about how you've been chasing after love, and how that chase to discover the definition of love has worked out for you. If you feel God calling your heart, invite Him into your heart that He may overwhelm your heart with His infinite and unfailing love. Rest in this moment, knowing that the search is over. The definition of love rests within you as God moves powerfully in your heart.

I pray that the true definition of love would rest on your heart today, and fill you with a peace you've never known. I hope you all have an amazing day today! :)

Madelynn