We can spend most of our lives on trivial issues. But Jesus Christ reminds us what really matters and what we really need. Our greatest felt needs are to be loved, forgiven, whole and alive. Do you feel compelled to somehow respond to Jesus’ death on the cross? Do you feel compelled to enter deeper into the experience of Christ’s forgiveness?
That feeling is no accident. It is a divine appointment.
Love. It's what we all want. To be loved is the most amazing thing that can happen to you.
But not just love - unconditional love, pure love. Do you wonder if anyone can love you as you truly are? Why is pure love so hard to find? Maybe it's because we keep looking in all the wrong places.
Maybe you have looked for love in your family. You have tried your whole life to please them and make them happy. But it was never enough.
Maybe you have looked for love in a physical relationship. You tell yourself, "If I share my body, I will feel loved." But you never do.
Maybe you have looked for love in popularity. "If everyone knows me, then I will feel loved and accepted." But that's a game you can't always win, and when you do, you are still lonely.
Where can you go to feel completely accepted? Where can you look to find unconditional love?
There is only one place where love never disappoints. The picture of pure love is found in God. God is love. But how can you know God loves you? How can you see it?
Through Jesus Christ, we see love at its purest. Jesus said, "Greater love has no one than this, that he lay down his life for his friends" (John 15:13). The picture of pure, passionate love is caught in the frame of Jesus loving you while hanging on the cross.
God made His love visible in Christ. And Jesus showed that love is measured not merely by feelings, but by sacrifice.
How can you know pure love? Imagine asking Jesus, "How much do you love me?" He would stretch out His arms, with His nail-pierced hands, and say, "This much."
You can experience His pure love.
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