God is Love

I am hanging one of my theological hats on 1 John 4:8 "God is Love."

When you listen to preachers and teachers, stop and ask yourself, what are they hanging their theological hats on?   It is a very enlightening question to ask... what are they basing their teachings on?

God is good with love, but that is not the point.  God likes love, of course.  God is glad when we love of course.   God is like love, for sure.  But what the scripture actually says is this:

God is love.

This messes with my brain.  This makes me crazy, until I remember that God is not an old man with a beard, God is not a human.  God is a spirit.  Love is a spirit.  God is love.

So, whenever you encounter love, you have encountered God.  God is love.  That still messes with my brain, but I am falling for this God that is bigger than my ideas about him.

It's a beautiful day in God's world, be sure to see the good.