On the surface, this verse can look like John is saying that we simply shouldn’t care about the world or anything in it but what he’s really saying is that the world and everything that it has to offer is finite…
On the surface, this verse can look like John is saying that we simply shouldn’t care about the world or anything in it but what he’s really saying is that the world and everything that it has to offer is finite…
Knowing ‘about’ God’s love is very different than knowing God’s love. To begin learning about the depth of His love, we must first know the depth of our sin. We were born into sin and live much of our lives surrounded by it, in one form or another.
As any gardener knows, in order to have a thriving garden, it takes a relationship. We need to take care of it, nurture it, focus on it. The world is vast and we are presented with many different gardens. Which garden are you tending to?
Isn’t it an amazing gift that we have the power to affect someone’s life through our own words and actions? You actually have the potential to help build up a beautiful world in someone’s life or contribute to tearing it down.