Ponderings from Pastor Nate

Tuesday, Mar 9th 2010

True Love

How often do we see love spoken around us?  Truly, we see it talked about often.  People expressing grief for the victims of the earthquakes in Haiti, people joining a noble cause via Facebook, or even as simply as the pity we feel for the person struggling just to get their groceries to the car.  But is talking about our grief, joining a cyber cause, or feeling pity a good expression of true love?  1 John 3:16-18 says this, "This is how we know what love is; Jesus Christ laid down his life for us.  And we ought to lay down our lives for our brothers.  If anyone has material possessions and sees his brother in need but has no pity on him, how can the love of God be in him?  Dear children, let us not love with words or tongue but with actions and in truth."  Though our capacity to love doesn't come close to matching that of our Lord, we are still called to action to show His love to those around us.  Cornerstone, let's be a church that loves not just with words, but with actions and in truth!

-Nate