GC Valentine’s Day Message: Everlasting Love

God is love. And the mystery, to me, is in how God, the living and most high God can be an action verb. He is as he does; there is no separation between his identity and his actions.

Isn’t that awesome?

The Bible contains hundreds of names for God, all of which are action verbs or adjectives: Nissi (the standard/banner), Jireh (provider), and Shalom (peace) to list a few. An overview of his names reveals that every one of his attributes is an action and equals love.

Again, he is as he does.

God uses every part of himself to demonstrate love, true love, to us. His love is affectionate, emotional, and thoughtful. He never gets lost in his feelings, he always keeps a cool head, and he never allows his love for us to overshadow his priorities. God, unlike humans, can be in love and totally functional. I like that about him.

But the thing I like most about God’s love is that for all of its attributes, it is everlasting. It is a love that existed before the foundations of the earth and will exist throughout eternity - longer than I could ever imagine.

He doesn’t take his love back. He never gives up on us. He never ever withholds his love. And he doesn’t wait for us to show it first before showering it upon us.

That’s deep.

Cute little, curly-haired Herman Jones couldn’t get that kind of love out of me. I only gave him the best while I had it to give. My love was fickle and fleeting.

True love is everlasting. God’s love spans before the beginning of time and will last throughout eternity.

His love is as he is - everlasting.

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