God IS Love

Hello there,
at the beginning of this week it was my turn to hold a 15-20 devotion for our class. This is part of the required academical work for this course. At first I had no idea would in the world I should talk about, until God kept reminding me of the Story of Hosea. Even though I knew the story I had no idea what He was aiming at. So I started to read it again and this is where it hit me - the whole story is about God's love for His people and for us.

I have to admit I was a little unsure about it, but at the same time I felt very strongly that God wanted to remind us of His love for us. I know that this can be a bit of a cliché or stereotype sometimes, but the doesn't change the fact. Not one iota! Because the fact is that God doesn't only love us, but He IS love itself. It's His very essence.

I don't know about you, but so many times I get caught up in daily life or even doing things for God, that I completely forget to do those things with Him and through Him. You know, to love Him and to let myself be loved by Him.
Also, I think, God's timing for this reminder was perfect. Cause the day I held this devotion was the first day of our 'Plumbline Ministry' week!
I think it went kind of ok... I'm not sure... it's a little funny to get graded on it. (I haven't gotten the results yet)...

I started out with a song 'I AM LOVE' (Michael W. Smith) - see next post.
Then shared a little bit of what I shared with you earlier and some more, you know, scripture references... (1 John 4, Romans 8)
Then kind of in the middle I showed a powerpoint presentation of Psalm 139 that I had put together for this devotion (I've been trying to put it up here, but it just won't work. I can email it to you if you want-it's just a little big...)
Then I told the story of Hosea and we read parts of the story together and I explained a little more and I ended with another song 'I'll lead you home' (Michael W. Smith) - see next post as well....

Love, Hanna