The Question Of Love

Now hope does not disappoint, because the love of God has been poured out in our hearts by the Holy Spirit who was given to us. Romans 5:5

When we have the answer from Paul in our verse today, the question becomes moot. Where does the love of God in us come from? The Spirit of God in us, of course. It seems obvious once the answer is given. The manifestation of God's love, our Lord Jesus, sent to live in us His Spirit, and by the Spirit comes the everlasting love of God. There are those times when each of us may not feel very loving toward one or more of our fellow humans. If that love were just a feeling though, it would then be as changeable as all of our feelings and based way too much on circumstances and happenstances. However, based in the Spirit of God, we have, as Paul writes, a hope that does not disappoint in the very love of God in us. So, even if the circumstance has you crushed down a bit today, let the love of God in you renew that hope we have in Jesus.

Have a loving and hopeful day in Christ our Lord!

Bucky