Loving Jesus Most of All

Loving someone often happens naturally.

But maintaining loving another person is not that easy. In fact, it takes work.

Love. A small and seemingly simple word. Yet it holds more power than we realize.

And I’m not an expert on the subject of love. Instead, I held misconceptions about love as a child and young woman.

You see, my father abandoned me for a time, and I never remember the phrase “I love you!” when he came back into my life.

I was grown with my own children the first time my father uttered the words I love you. The conversation’s forever etched in my memory.

Still, as much as I wanted to hear my dad tell me he loved me, I needed to believe it. And I longed for the reassurance he meant it.

You know what? The same holds true today. My husband and other family members can never tell me they love me too many times. And I can never say it enough to them.

Because a continual and intentional assurance of love takes any relationship to a higher and deeper level. Pure and whole-hearted love, in the most powerful form, is a show-and-tell affection.