Having purified your souls by your obedience to the truth for a sincere brotherly love, love one another earnestly from a pure heart, since you have been born again, not of perishable seed but of imperishable, through the living and abiding word of God… (1 Peter 1:22-23).
Beloved, let us love one another, for love is from God, and whoever loves has been born of God and knows God (1 John 4:7).
If anyone says, “I love God,” and hates his brother, he is a liar; for he who does not love his brother whom he has seen cannot love God whom he has not seen. And this commandment we have from him: whoever loves God must also love his brother (1 John 4:20-21).
Our relationship with God is one of faith. We cannot see Him, but we believe in Him. We cannot touch God, or hug Him, as children do to show love for their parents. But God gives us a way to express love for Him by caring for His family members.
We show respect for the Father by respecting His children. We give priority to God by giving priority to His spiritual family. We smile at God by smiling at His children. We hug our Father by treating His children with warmth and kindness.
A little kindness goes a long way, some people only needs word of encouragement (soul lifting words). Love can be shown in divers ways;
If you see anyone around hungry or needy in one area or the other don’t just ignore because the person is not your blood relation- because some people can only help their family members which is not supposed to be so, always remember that the blood of Jesus was shed for all mankind(John 3:16) Is it written in the Bible passage that for God so loved some set of people NO! It says “For God so loved the world”. Show kindness to people around you either big or small just try to bless the lives around you.
The story of five loaves of bread🍞 and two fishes 🐟 just popped into my mind (Matthew 14:15-21) Jesus didn’t say because it was 5 loaves and 2 fishes let me discharge the multitudes and eat with my disciples alone, No! Jesus multiplied the food and it was more than enough for five thousand men aside from women and children, they were all fed. Jesus should be our example we can’t be proclaiming that we are Christians when our lifestyles are different from that of Jesus. God is love and every children of His should reflect the love of God.