Here it is, the month of February, in which falls the lovers holiday, Valentines Day. I guess we could declare it the "Love Month". I'm sure that you have seen the T-shirt or the bumper sticker that says "Virginia is for Lovers". Well, I don't know.....what I do know is that "The Church is for Lovers". Our goal is to love God more than we ever have and to love people more than we ever have. Are you surprised that the two are related? In fact they are inseparably connected. The more we love God the more we love people. The higher our temperature of our love for God rises, the higher our temperature for the love of people rises. And by the way, God didn't pick and choose, He loves them all. That has to be true with us also. Is loving people that important? Jesus was asked in the book of Luke a values question. Out of all the commandments, which is the most important? What is the greatest commandment? Listen to what Jesus said and He responded without hesitation. Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your strength and with all your mind and love your neighbor as yourself. Think of all the commands in the Bible. And Jesus narrows it down to two commands. Love God with your heart, mind and soul. Love your neighbor as yourself. If you want to know what God values most, its love. It is the greatest thing that we can do. We should love our God, family, friends, neighbors, new converts, bible-study students, people you don't like, and yes, even our enemy with no strings attached!
