GOD IS LOVE!

Hey guys!

So I know that this post is way past due but I’ve been having a hard time getting to a computer since my Macbook pro was stolen 3 weeks ago. But I can’t for the retreat so I can finally get to meet all of you in person! This summer is going to be incredible!

Tuesday’s devotion really hit me hard. 1 Corinthians 13:3 states that, “If I give all I possess to the poor and surrender my body to the flames but have not love, I gain nothing.” Being involved in youth group, bible studies and doing charity work here at Davis is great but sometimes it’s easy to get caught up in going through the motions. If I am inviting people to youth group or going out and preaching to the homeless in San Fran but do it out of a feeling of obligation and out of love then, “I am nothing.” GOD IS LOVE and so often we forget that we are called to be a reflection of Him, to be made a new and to share that love with everyone that we come in contact with. It’s easy to get caught up in doing good works and looking like a “good Christian” but it is about so much more than that. Christ wants us to give without expecting anything back, to help out when no one is looking, and above all else, do these things because we genuinely love people so much that it breaks our hearts to not act out of love. The light in us should “permeate” through us and “recreate-those around us” like weeks 8’s devotion on sensitivity said. The love that we omit should be an open door for us to reach people because who doesn’t want to be loved? “Love is the final fight” (Jon Perkins) and without love works mean nothing.