Where is the Love?

Alright, so I realize there is kind of a theme going right now. And I am going to continue on that theme in this post. Love. We try and understand God's love for us, using examples of his love throughout the bible. This is all good, but we are so caught up in looking for God's love for us we lose sight of one key thing. We lose sight of our love for God. I know that I was in that spot for a while. I was looking and searching everywhere for God's love, what it meant, what it looked like. I just needed something from God that would give me some sort of clue as to what his love looked like. I felt disconnected because God was not showing this to me, or I just was not getting the message. Then, I came to a realization. I had been looking so hard for the love of God, that I had forgotten to show God how much I loved him. I forgot the little things that mattered. I forgot what it truly meant to love God. Not to say that God will not show you love if you do not love him. But I think a lot of times, we are so caught up in what God is, or should be doing for us, that we forget to do stuff purposefully for him. We might do stuff for him, in a roundabout sort of a way. But deciding in your heart and mind that something is for God, and being consciously aware of doing something for him, is a totally different attitude then kind of doing something because we are "supposed to" or because "it's right". I think making that conscious choice to do something for God, is in fact part of the actual act itself. When you make that choice, it is saying that God, I love you, and that is why I am doing this. I am putting everything I am into this because I want to express my love for you. Rather than going into it saying, "Alright, I am going to do this because God likes me to do it, and I am a christian so I guess I should just do it." or even worse not even thinking about doing something and just doing it because....it's what you do. I think we need to start showing God exactly how much we love him, and in turn he will love you. I came to this realization and immediately God showed me his love. I put it into practice and even if I did not feel God's love, it felt so good, and it was just such a relief and such a inner peace, I cannot explain it. I challenge anyone reading this to next time you even worship, do it with a specific meaning to show God how much you love him through the words you sing, or the music you play. A relationship is a two-way street, we have to stop just looking for God to just constantly provide, and start showing our love for him.