Good News About Love for a New Year

I’m not going to say, I have good news and bad news, since that’s not true. 

But I am going to share good news and God news about love to remember all throughout this year. And it’s based on an extraordinary love story.

Last week we talked about the best hope for a new year. This week we look at love.

So, what is love?

Love is one of those loose and hard to define terms we overuse and misuse.

Instead of like, we use love for everything from possessions and food to our favorite sports teams and celebrities.

We love ice-cream, brands, songs, books, and our favorite movies.

News That’s Not New

Honestly, I use love to describe my affections for cinnamon rolls, pasta, Chai tea lattes, boots, Hallmark movies, and sunsets. But that’s only a few of my loves.

Still, we struggle to understand love—a feeling or an emotion? 

In life’s hard moments, we may lose the loving feeling. For me, abandonment extinguished the emotion. Like when my dad vanished from my life for a few years.

Furthermore, culture woos us with a shallow love from people, things, and false ideas and religions. 

Sometimes love fades when hearts break. My heart broke after friendships dissolved and family members died including a baby in utero. I lost hope in love.

Good, Good News

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