We are getting closer to Christmas and this week is all about the love of God. Love came down from heaven and was born in a stable. He was born with a purpose and the purpose was because God so loved the world that He gave His only begotten Son.
Hi, this is Dorette Schaal with our dailyeword. The new commandment Jesus gave was that we love God and love people. Christmas is all about love, God’s love to us, and God’s love through us to others. Here is your dailyeword for Advent about love.
Oh come let us adore Him. I love this line from the chorus in Oh Come all Ye Faithful. The shepherds were invited to come into the presence of God and adore the new born Savior. The word adore has such intimate connotations. It is wonderful to feel adored. That means that someone cherishes you. They think you are valuable and precious. They love to be around you. As faithful worshippers, when we come to adore Jesus, the perfectly wonderful Gift of God, we are saying we cherish, we honor and value Him. He is precious to us. We love to be in His presence. Because we know that God is love, we get to receive Jesus, the gift from God, as a gift of love. He cherishes, values, and adores us so much more than we could ever lavish our love back on Him. As you honor God this season of Advent, try to visualize how you can show Him that you cherish, value, and love Him. He loved us first, and placed His love on the inside of us, so we can share it with those around us. Remember to tell the ones in your world how valuable and precious they are to you. And remember to show His love even to those who you don’t know.