Proverbs 31 Ministry
"Love is, indeed, a sacred and lofty gift, but two decades of loving and learning has taught me that the mark of true love isn’t height, it’s humility. True love doesn’t stand tall; it bends low.
True love stoops to pick up the trash bag sitting near the kitchen door and crouches to look a sullen child in the eye.
True love bows to change diapers and to shovel snow, to deliver goodnight kisses and offer hugs.
True love bends over the dishwasher and over the sick child. True love hovers over the hurting and kneels quietly in prayer.
True love chooses to be righteous instead of right, servant instead of master, humble instead of haughty.
Let’s be honest, true love isn’t headline news. It’s not greeting card verse. It’s not blockbuster buzz. True love is Heaven’s hope, as we see in 1 John 4:10: "This is the embodiment of true love: not that we have loved God first, but that He loved us and sent His unique Son on a special mission to become an atoning sacrifice for our sins."
God didn’t declare His love for us with a bouquet of red roses. He didn’t wrap up a box of fine chocolates or a flowery card. Instead, God wrapped His only Son in wrinkled flesh and proclaimed His undying love on Calvary’s cross.
It’s crazy when you think about it, the way the truest love of all stooped the lowest — so we might know the summit of His glorious love. God sent Jesus to demonstrate how true love is sacrificial at its core.
The shape of true love isn’t a diamond. It’s a cross.” - Alicia Bruxvoort-The Overflow
Have a wonderful Friday and Valentine weekend...
True love chooses to be righteous instead of right, servant instead of master, humble instead of haughty.
Let’s be honest, true love isn’t headline news. It’s not greeting card verse. It’s not blockbuster buzz. True love is Heaven’s hope, as we see in 1 John 4:10: "This is the embodiment of true love: not that we have loved God first, but that He loved us and sent His unique Son on a special mission to become an atoning sacrifice for our sins."
God didn’t declare His love for us with a bouquet of red roses. He didn’t wrap up a box of fine chocolates or a flowery card. Instead, God wrapped His only Son in wrinkled flesh and proclaimed His undying love on Calvary’s cross.
It’s crazy when you think about it, the way the truest love of all stooped the lowest — so we might know the summit of His glorious love. God sent Jesus to demonstrate how true love is sacrificial at its core.
The shape of true love isn’t a diamond. It’s a cross.” - Alicia Bruxvoort-The Overflow
Have a wonderful Friday and Valentine weekend...
2 comments:
Beautiful, Alice. So thankful for God's love!
Happy Valentine's Day Mum! Hugs
Post a Comment