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I Love Love!

In my previous post, I ended by talking a little bit about falling in love with God.
You know that little verse about loving one another that we all know and probably say more than we actually do? Well, it's a really good verse and something we should live our lives by but let me tell you a secret...you can't love someone else if you don't love yourself. And let me tell you something else...you can't love yourself if you don't love God. Here's why:
If you've ever fallen in love, you know the beginning stages are really exciting. There's the unknown, the flirting, and LOTS of compliments. It feels good right? Falling in love with God is kind of the same...but maybe a little different. ;) When you let yourself fall in love with God and you open your ears and heart to listen to him, he tells you all these really great things. If you ask, he will tell you how much he LOVES you, adores you, thinks you're precious, and he uses some really cool compliments that maybe we never knew about ourselves. When you start to hear these things for the first time, or even all the time after that, you start to feel GOOD about yourself. You can start to see yourself the way God sees you...you start to love yourself just the way God made you.

When you can truly feel good about yourself - your true self - you start to see other people in a different light. Your heart gets bigger and it becomes easy to feel love for those around you. If you can see how God feels about you, you can also start to see how God feels about your family, friends, coworkers, and others and shower them with that love. God's love is easy. Let it flow!
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