Love. Advent Day 8. December 8, 2013.

Let love be sincere.

Romans 12:9

Heavens knows that I am the last person that should be talking about love.

But I really like this verse.

It seems simple to me

and I like simple when I am trying to accomplish something big.

This is My commandment: love one another as I love you.

John 15:12

To me, the verse from John is scary.

Love as Christ did?

Love the outcast and the lame?

Love my enemies?

Unconditionally?

Filled with truth?

Be willing to sacrifice my life?

I feel like I am setting myself up for failure

before I even put this on my monthly goal list.

But Paul, Paul makes this love thing sounds so attainable.

I’m not at all about dumbing things down,

but making something attainable?

Absolutely.  

However, just when I thought I found this sneaky little caveat,

the dictionary proved me wrong.

I know the essential definition of the word sincere

but I didn’t realize that the definition

would perfectly coincide with Christ’s love. 

Sincere: free from pretense or deceit, proceeding from genuine feelings.

Free from pretense- unconditional.

Free from deceit- filled with truth.

Genuine feelings- willingness to sacrifice His life.

When I thought I could get away with my love being sincere,

I realized that sincerity isn’t a step down from Christ’s love

but rather, sincerity is an exact description of Christ’s love.

Christ loves sincerely.

We are called to love as He loves.

We are called to love sincerely.

Let love be sincere.