Love is a many splendored thing!

Many think love is an emotion. The Bible emphasizes love is action. The best example of love in action is Jesus heading to the cross. Jesus said He must go. It wasn’t compulsion or obligation as much as it was love for you and for me.

Love is powerful and much can be learned about it in Romans 12:9-21. It should be listed with 1 Corinthians 12 as a love chapter. I entitled this section, Exhibiting Love to Everyone in Every Situation. The first section describes love with 11 action words. The second section gives 4 proper responses by Christians to the unloving.

I was touched by the words of Booker T. Washington (former slave, educator, author, advisor to U. S. presidents), I will not allow any man to make me lower myself by hating him. The only real way to destroy an enemy is to make that person a friend. To make an enemy into a friend will not happen with feelings alone but with actions directed by the Spirit of God. May we be people of the Book who love others not with talk but with deeds.

I hope you will find the 11 actions words and 4 proper responses of love in Romans 12:9-21, at www.crimsonministries.org under the Books of the Bible tab. More than just knowing those facts, I pray each of us will apply those truths to our lives and relationships with others.

Gary Wiley