God is love.

1 John 4:8

The Beatles were on to something when they sang “All You Need is Love“. Their song speaks truth: without love we have nothing! But there’s much more to the story than what they included in their incredibly famous song. 

The Bible defines God in a single word: LOVE! His love isn’t the mushy kind of love that spurs people to buy overpriced flowers or fancy chocolates. It’s the kind of love that is the very essence of who He is. It’s the kind of love that came down to us to show us everything we need to know about love. It’s the kind of love that sacrifices and saves, the kind that takes the punishment we deserved, the kind that rolls stones away and conquers death, the kind that chooses to be with us forever! It’s the unconditional kind of love that is perfect and pure and present…always and forever and no matter what! 

The Bible is God’s love story. It is a true story filled with action and adventure, passion and sacrifice, good vs. evil, and so much more. It is the most widely read book in the world, but it is also the least read bestseller of all time! Imagine what our world would be like if everyone who owned a Bible dove into it with the passion it deserves! There would be a whole lot more heaven on earth than there is today.

This Valentine’s Day, celebrate love! Not the mushy, weak-kneed kind or the roses and candy kind; celebrate the original kind! You want true love? Then get to know Jesus and experience the truest love of all! Curl up with the greatest love story ever written! Open your Bible, and you will see that God has always been madly in love with you! He dreamed you up, He created you, He called you, and He pursued you. Jesus loves you more than words can define and more than your heart can fathom. Don’t believe me? Well, there are holes in his hands to prove it. 

The Beatles really were on to something when they sang “All You Need is Love”. Because JESUS is LOVE, and JESUS is all you need!! Happy Valentine’s Day! You are loved!