Loving God

This coming year looks like it'll be a year of going back to the essential basics.   We'll be studying the Gospel of Luke in class; and I was pointed toward focusing on "Loving God" next year.  

There are a few things that led to this.   As I was preparing for the Introduction to Luke, I was reminded that Luke focused on Christ as the Son of Man, full of compassion as shown through his ministry and teaching.   Chuck Swindoll wrote that the Gospel of Luke was like listening through the physician's stethoscope for the heartbeat of our Lord.   That's a beautiful picture.    And that spoke to me, that with such a loving God, I should not be able to help but LOVE HIM even more.   And isn't that the greatest commandment anyways?

Also, we had just finished a series on Love in our community group, looking at 1 Corinthians 13 in the 40 days of Love series and going through The Relationship Principles of Jesus book.

This is actually something that I can especially do as a single, for I can have "undistracted devotion to the Lord".  I do love the LORD with all my heart, soul, mind, and strength.  But, hopefully, by focusing on "Loving God" next year, it will help me to love HIM even more and to rekindle that "first love", passion, and intimacy with my LORD.   Amen.