Since the new year began, all stores have had displays of heart-shaped items to buy. The apparent reason is Valentine’s Day. This past Tuesday, the world celebrated the loved ones in their lives. All those heart-shaped items in the store show us how much we care about that important person. However, they don’t come nearly as close to Jesus’ love for us. While it is essential to show love toward those we care about, how do we show God our love?

Many times, in the Bible, we can see the love we should display for God and others:

Mark 12:30-31“And you shall love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind and with all your strength. The second is this: ‘You shall love your neighbor as yourself.’ There is no other commandment greater than these.”

Matthew 22:37-38And he said to him, “You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind. This is the greatest and first
commandment.

Luke 10:27-28 And he answered, “You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your strength and with all your mind, and your neighbor as yourself.” And he said to him, “You have answered correctly; do this, and you will live. 

Christians should always show love for God. It is commanded and allows us a stronger connection to him. In contrast, we display our love for God, but it doesn’t match the love he has shown us. There is no more excellent display of love in the Bible than in the book of John. In chapter three, verse 16, it says, “For God so loved the world, that he gave his only Son, that whoever believes in him should not perish but have eternal life.”

God loved us so much that he sacrificed his only Son. Through this love, we have a path to eternal life in heaven. As we go throughout the year, always remember to love God and others, and remember the love God showed for us and still has to this day.