Thursday 05/26/05 - 2 John 1

6 And this is love: that we walk in obedience to his commands. As you have heard from the beginning, his command is that you walk in love.

Love is shown in action. John speaks about this many times. Warm and fuzzy feelings are not enough to say that we are practicing love. These feelings need to be revealed in action for it to be true love.

We can say that we trust Jesus. We can say that we love God. We can say that we are Christian. The question is, “are you obeying God’s commands?” Walking in love is walking in obedience to God’s word.

I love telling my kids how much I love them, but if I don’t do anything with them my words are cheap. Monday was Isaiah’s birthday and we took the kids out for a family party at Chucky Cheese.

We ate pizza and played some games there. Afterwards, we came home and sang “happy birthday” and ate some cake. Isaiah loved it. The kids loved it. I think Isaiah experienced love that day, not just with my words but with action. Love must be expressed and experienced.

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