a LOVE letter

This blog is from an account that I wrote long ago...I don't even remember when I wrote it, but it has been in my computer for ages and as I read it, it is as if I am reading something someone else wrote. It did bring to remembrance the dream that I had as well as how desperate that I was at the time to remember the details...

This morning, I tried to remember a dream that I had last night. It seemed very vague and jumbled, except for one particular part that stood out in my mind…and that part is the reason why I so much want to remember it.

I dreamed that I was around some people who were translating the Bible. We could not leave until they were finished, because we were to take Bibles with us. I went into a room and I wrote down one word, came out and said, “I have translated the Bible.” The other people looked at me, unbelieving, and then I showed them the one-word translation. It said, “LOVE.”

This morning, as I think about that dream, over and over, I cannot help but think of I John 4:8: “He that loveth not knoweth not God; for God is love.”  Now, combine this with the knowledge imparted to us in the Gospel of John 1:1 which is: “In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God.”

Okay, so it takes a little algebra, but in my estimation, if… God = the Word, and God = love, then the Word = love!

This part of the dream is so vivid, while the rest is as a long-lost memory. I know that God puts things in our hearts and minds to understand Him more. I will be thinking all day about the concept of love…knowing that it is a gift from God to His children. We love because He made us in His image and breathed His life into us, and is in us. He made us to understand a merciful type of love and capable of loving with His mercy.

Now, return to the scriptures and read I John 4: 7-21. In application of a godly love, we must turn aside all fear, to boldly rush into the burning building of the world, willing to be a conduit of the love that is freely given and dwells within us with an attitude of mercy and grace.

From the beginning to the end, the Bible expresses love, even in the listing of names. These names are the names of a people who God loved and called His own. Out of love, His Word includes instruction for protection and provision. The stories of His Word lovingly teach godly character and principles. His prophets express consequences of disobedience and give hope to those who await the reward of a sacrificial life of love lived for Him.

The Bible is a love letter from a Father to His children. God yearns for us to excitedly share this love with others in a natural overflow of the love He has shared with us.

Be Blessed, in Jesus' Name.....