Love is not just a Word
It's easy to say you love someone and not really mean it. To love someone is not just a word or a feeling. When you truly love someone you show them, with actions. Jesus loved us so much that he died on the cross so we could spend eternity with him in heaven. He paid the ultimate sacrifice for us. He gave us the perfect example of not only saying he loved us but showing he loved us. You can tell someone a hundred times you love them and never treat them any different than the world does. How could we expect them to believe us? When you love someone, you treat them differently, you want to do things for them and take care of them. As Christians we are called to love everyone even our enemies. That means we should be treating everyone differently than the world treats them. We should be showing them God's love even if they don't do the same for us. That is how the world will know we are different, they will know we are set apart children of God.
Prayer:
Father, we thank you for your love. We thank you that your love for us is not conditional to our behavior. We thank you that you are a merciful God. Help us to follow in your example Lord, and not only say we love people but show it. Help us to not have a conditional or circumstantial love. Help us to have an unwavering true love for everyone, just as you do for us, in Jesus name we pray Amen.