Blog 43: LavishedLovegdharpoolDec 4, 20241 min readr has lavished on us, that we should be called children of God! And that is what we are!”God’s love to us is generous. It should be a model for our generosity.I have always loved 1 John 3: 1 because It speaks of the fact that God LAVISHED His love on us. The definition of the verb ‘lavish’ is: ‘To bestow something in generous or extravagant quantities on; spend, expend, heap, shower, pour, deluge, give generously, give unstintingly, bestow freely’.Note God’s love is not reluctant or grudgingly or conditional love but lavish love . Romans 5:8 states, "But God demonstrates His own love toward us, in that while we were still sinners, Christ died for us". The fact God is generous in his love for us is not the exception or an isolated incident. God is also generous in his forgiveness, mercy, Grace, and abundance towards us.What would it be like if we in turn, lived like this in how we treat others. How our lives would be different if we were generous in our love, forgiveness, grace, and giving towards others. Bill Gaither dreamt of such a lifestyle when he wrote:I am loved, I am lovedI can risk loving youFor the One who knows me bestLoves me mostI am loved you are lovedWon't you please take my handWe are free to love each otherWe are lovedGod, help us to be generous in love, mercy, grace, forgiveness and giving toward one another. We can’t out give God but we can try.
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