What does God require of us? Simply that we love as he loves! God is love and everything he does flows from his love for us. God loved us first, and our love for him is a response to his exceeding grace and kindness towards us. The love of God comes first, and the love of neighbor is firmly grounded in the love of God. The more we know of God’s love and truth, the more we love what he loves and reject what is hateful and contrary to his will.
I realized I can only love God with all of my being because he has loved me first and has poured his love into my heart. It is therefore the love of God in me that overflows and makes me respond with love to God and to my neighbor… on my own, I can’t do it.
Because of God’s love, I have come to love serving God and my brethren.
Truly, it is the power of God’s love that impelled me to love as he loves.
I realised too that the love I give away will just come right back to me. God will multiply whatever we give away with love… and I can say “wow oh wow.” Great is the love of God.
Hence, I will do and speak with the love of God, meaning to do everything with love.
Dear God,
How great is your love for us that you would send to us your Beloved Son,
How great is your love for me that you have called me your beloved child,
How great is your love for me that you have poured out unto me your love,
So that I can love as you love.
Truly, how great is my God.
— Mila Apuy
