On Wednesday, we celebrated Valentine’s Day. This is a time for many to feel loved by special people in our lives and to spread love to others. It unfortunately can also be a time of sadness and disappointment if love is not demonstrated in a way that makes a person feel appreciated... Valentine’s Day love can be something not to celebrate if we don’t have the proper perspective. GOD IS LOVE. His agape love transcends that of the world. And that is the love I choose to celebrate… it is unconditional, never ending and empowering… Thus it is the first component of The Triple L Club (Living Life & Loving It) I’d like to discuss.
Each component of LLL is important in and of itself. However, realizing the maximum quality of the abundant life is when all three entities effectively function independently AND interdependently throughout our daily lives. Therefore each component (Living Life & Loving It) will be examined individually, exploring how it is working and identifying what level of functionality we are achieving in our life journey. Only when all three are performing at maximum effectiveness, is LLL (Living Life & Loving It) truly realized.
LOVE - Love GOD, love yourself and love others.
It doesn't matter who you are, what background you have, or how much you have, the thing that we all can do is LOVE. Loving others is something anyone can do, and is something everyone should do. But it is very difficult to love others if we don't love ourselves. Sometimes it can be hard to love yourself, but only you can control how much you are loved by yourself. I can give you some encouraging truths, but it's up to you to accept them and dwell on them.
I may not know you personally, but because I know God, I already know the following things about you about you:
1) You are loved by the Creator of everything. He loves you so much, that he sacrificed His perfect and Holy son for YOU (see John 3:16)
2) You are fearfully and wonderfully made! (see Psalm 139:14)
3) You were created with a purpose; you are part of God's glorious plan (see 1 Timothy 4:4)
4) NOTHING will ever stop God from loving you. NOTHING (see Romans 8:38-39)
On Valentine’s Day we made it a priority to love and treat our loved ones. Starting TODAY, you can do the same thing to YOURSELF. I encourage you to read more about God's amazing love for you and to also make a list of things that you love about yourself. Yes, this may seem like a simple task, but if you take the time to write out why you love yourself, you are able to think more about loving yourself. And it's great to keep this list somewhere where you will see it often, like next to your bed or taped on your bathroom mirror. This way you will constantly be reminded of how AMAZING you are. I hope that you are able to love yourself and God more, which will help you love and serve others.
Remember, I love you but GOD LOVES YOU BEST!!!
KEEP LIVING YOUR BEST LIFE…
THE ABUNDANT LIFE !!!
Thank you for joining us today. Please share your thoughts & comments with the Triple L Club (LLL) Community. We appreciate hearing from you from you! Until next time… Tuesday 2/19/19.
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