God is LOVE

What are the first feelings, ideas and images that come to mind when you think of God? One of the earliest followers of Jesus wrote a letter in which he offered this description of God… “God is love .”

Given his description it’s seems fascinating to read the words of one of the most influential writers and follower's of Jesus, Paul... in his letter to the Church at Corinth like this.

4 God is patient,
God is kind.
God does not envy,
God does not boast,
God is not proud.
5God does not dishonor others,
God is not self-seeking,
God is not easily angered,
God keeps no record of wrongs.
6 God does not delight in evil but rejoices with the truth.
7 God always protects, always trusts, always hopes, always perseveres.
1 Corinthians 13:4-7
(NIV, ©2010: the word “love” has been replaced with the common name for the creator of the know world)

What do you think… how does this align with your picture of God?

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Referenced Passages…

7 Dear friends, let us love one another, for love comes from God. Everyone who loves has been born of God and knows God. 8 Whoever does not love does not know God, because God is love. 9 This is how God showed his love among us: He sent his one and only Son into the world that we might live through him. - 1 John 4:7-9 (NIV, ©2010)

4 Love is patient, love is kind. It does not envy, it does not boast, it is not proud. 5 It does not dishonor others, it is not self-seeking, it is not easily angered, it keeps no record of wrongs. 6 Love does not delight in evil but rejoices with the truth. 7 It always protects, always trusts, always hopes, always perseveres. - 1 Corinthians 13:4-7 (NIV, ©2010)