Love God

I have been thinking lately about our mantra.
We have always (it seems that way now) said it as a goodbye on Sunday.
Benediction.
But now it has become more.
It's a way to remember, our Ebenezer, if you will.
It has become our shema.

Love God.
Embrace Beauty.
Live Life To The Fullest.

What does it mean?
Love God is so deliciously ambiguous.
It's an action.....but what do you do?
How can you love something you can't wrap your arms around?
Or, how can you love someone that seems to cause so much pain?
I don't know....let's see what the scripture says:

My beloved friends, let us continue to love each other since love comes from God.

Everyone who loves is born of God and experiences a relationship with God.

The person who refuses to love doesn't know the first thing about God,

because God is love -- so you can't know him if you don't love.

This is how God showed his love for us:

God sent his only Son into the world so we might live through him.

This is the kind of love we are talking about --

not that we once upon a time loved God,

but that he loved us and sent his Son as a sacrifice to clear away our sins

and the damage they've done to our relationship with God.

My dear, dear friends, if God loved us like this, we certainly ought to love each other.

No one has ever seen God, ever.

But if we love one another, God dwells deeply within us,

and his love becomes complete in us -- perfect love!

1 John 4:7-12

So....what does it mean to Love God?

Love his people.

Love your family.

Dote on your wife.

Pamper your husband.

Kiss your kids.

Enjoy a glass of wine with friends.

Smile to a stranger.

Love one another.