First of all, I missed being with all of you yesterday.  I look forward to seeing everyone next week and talking about my favorite subject.  Pastor David started off the year by explaining how important love is.  I couldn’t resist the opening to continue that discussion.  I hope that as we embark upon the reading of the entire Bible we will all see the love that is written into the pages of His word.

I know some people who bristle when I say that God is love.  In part I understand, because sometimes we forget that His love also requires justice and we leave out that part of the message.  However, that’s exactly what the Bible says about Him.  Read 1 John 4:7-5:3.  This will serve as a rough outline for what I want to share with you.  In this passage we see “God is love” in two places.  This simple statement changed my life from the time I first read it at the age of seventeen from my Braille King James New Testament.  I wish I could say I now understand what it means, but I suspect it will take the whole of eternity to do that and we’ll still have more to learn.  The material I am presenting was intended to kick off an eight part series that I once did as a Bible study.  The Bible has so much to say on this topic, but I’ll try not to cram all eight lessons into one.   🙂  See you there!