"By this the love of God was manifested in us, that God has sent His only begotten Son into the world so that we might live through Him. In this is love, not that we loved God, but that He loved us and sent His Son to be the propitiation for our sins. We love because He first loved us." 1 John 4:9-10, 19
The only reason we can love others is because God has first loved us. When we were dead in our sin, He loved us and made a way for us to be united with Him. We are commanded in scripture to love God with all our hearts and love our neighbor as our self. Our first and supreme love must be for God. Our love for God is to dominate our thoughts and actions. When we are so enamored with God’s love for us and love Him above all, then we can obey the second commandment, loving others. We are to love our husband as we love our self. We are to love them the way Christ has loved us. True love is a love that persistently seeks to do good to the one loved. We are to act with fondness, affection and kindness to our husbands.
I am humbled by how Christ loves me. He loved me in all my sin and shame. My love for my husband should not be dependent on his behavior. It's dependent on the fact that I am loved by my heavenly Father. Because I am so loved by God, that love can spill over to others in my life. The more I focus on how I am loved by God, the more I will love like Christ.
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