A Love that Will not Let Me Go
Worship Wednesday with Pastor Edith
February 12, 2025
1 John 4:10-12 & Jeremiah 31:3
I have heard it said that the Gospel in one word is Love. I believe that and I long to be a better example of that love. 1 John 4:10-12 says this about the love of God; “This is love: not that we loved God, but that he loved us and sent his Son as an atoning sacrifice for our sins. Dear friends since God so loved us, we also ought to love one another. No one has ever seen God; but if we love one another, God lives in us and his love is made complete in us”.
God’s way of love is Agape love. This Greek word means to have an eternal commitment to care for others without requiring anything in return. The only way humans can love like that is to be in a growing relationship with the wonderful God who created us to be in relationship with one another. When I struggle to love like Agape, I find singing about it helps.
There is a wonderful old hymn that I haven’t sung in quite a while. It is inspired by the prophet Jeremiah in chapter 31 and verse 3; “I have loved you with an everlasting love; I have drawn you with loving-kindness”. The Hymn is titled; “O Love that Will Not Let Me Go” and here is the 1st verse that I am singing; “O Love that will not let me go, I rest my weary soul in Thee. I give Thee back the life I owe, That in Thine ocean depths its flow May richer, fuller be”.
AMEN and PRAY ON!