I Love You...

You know as a kid I never really understood what it meant to love.

I heard the word I love you all the time in my house. My parents said it to me, my parents said it to each other, and I even said it back to them and my sister and brother. I love you, I heard it all the time, but I never knew what it meant.

I never really knew what love was until I was about 12 years old. I was 12 when my life, was literally saved. You see I was sick,I had this disease that was killing me. Not many people knew about it. But, I was given a gift. At 12 years old, I discovered that someone else decided to give me life. Why? Because He loved me!

The disease that I was infected with was sin, and Romans 3:23 tells us that all of us have it. "for all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God." Because of this disease called sin, I was heading for a place of death, a place called Hell. Romans 6:23 says, "For the wages of sin is death,"

Well, I didn't want this disease anymore and so I searched for a cure, and I found one. Actually, I found the only cure for this disease that there is, His name is Jesus. The rest of Romans 6:23 states, "but the gift of God is eternal life through JESUS CHRIST our Lord."

You see, Jesus died so that I may have life, so that you may have life, and I discovered this at 12. Without this love I would still be heading towards death, but now I have a hope of eternal life.

Love is a word that describes an action, a verb. I love you actually means I would die for you, not matter what. No matter who you are, no matter what you did, and if you were the only one in the world, I would still do it! I LOVE YOU, these were Jesus' non-verbal words as He died on the cross, and rose from the dead! He loves you, will you accept it?