1 John 4

This has forever been one of my favorite passages because it talks about something so relevant to all of us--love. I really love how the point of this chapter is that we can't say that we love someone is we don't love God even more. God is love and if we don't know God then we don't know love, it's a simple equation.

how can I say that I love, if I don't even know what the meaning of it is. worse yet, how can I say that I love God if I'm trash talking everyone behind their back? this relates to my chapter from yesterday, where we are supposed to love even the hardest people because that's the true test. If God can love me first, despite the fact that I'm a sinner and I mess up and I'm a bad person, then why can't I love others?

Let's make it our intention to love unconditionally. this world could use a little of that.