Romans 12:12- This simple scripture comes in the middle of a paragraph that details what love looks like when lived out in a person. it is interesting to note that all of the examples here speak only to our responsibilities to others. It never promises that if we do these things that love will be returned to us by those we have shown love to. Verse 12 tells us to be joyful in hope, patient in affliction, and faithful in prayer. We would like for verse 13 to tell us that if we do these things all our hopes would become reality, our affliction would go away and we could take a break from prayer for a while and just enjoy blessings. Instead it calls on us to be ready to share what little stuff we have with others.
We love because we are instructed to love. We are able to love because Christ has shown His love to us. Although our love is directed to people, it goes to the very heart of God because when we love His creation, we love Him. So we don't love in order to get love. We love because we are loved. We aren't initiating love. We are returning love.
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