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Ezra 8-10

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WHERE IS THE LOVE?

There are tons of verses about love in the Bible, and it's even stated that love is greater than faith and hope. But sadly, the world tries to fight against our need for love, and makes it REALLY hard to be loving towards people.

I short message that we could focus on in today's reading is simply to LOVE others. No matter what they've done, or continue to do... no one is perfect. If God loves US eternally, you'd think we should do the same, right?

We really should. A really cool verse that was written in today's reading was this:

Ezra 9:13

What happened to us is a result of our evil deeds and our great guilt, and yet, our God, you have punished us less than our sins have deserved.

It kind of shows that yeah, we sin, and God still loves us. So GUESS WHAT? We need to forgive all the sinners in this life, all the people who just plain get on our nerves. Love is everlasting, and should be shared with all.

You never know who may need it.

Peace out.

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Granny said…
It is hard to believe that God loves the people who do bad things, but He does. We need to remember His love is for everyone.
May 18, 2010 at 6:40 PM
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