LOVE!

WHAT IS YOUR DEFINITION OF 'LOVE?' WHAT IS YOUR PERCEPTION? HOW WOULD YOU DESCRIBE 'LOVE?'

JAMIE WOULD NOT OPEN HERSELF UP TO LOVE FOR OVER A YEAR! SHE HAD ISSUES WITH 'REAL, TRUE LOVE' ABANDONNED BY HER PARENTS, SHE DIDN'T KNOW WHAT LOVE REALLY WAS, OR IF IT EVEN EXSISTED ANYMORE. TIA WAS VERY CONFUSED ABOUT LOVE. WAS THIS 'REAL LOVE' OR WAS IT JUST 'LUST?'

SO WE LOOKED AT SOME SCRIPTURES ABOUT GOD'S LOVE.
1 JOHN 4:16 AND WE HAVE KNOWN AND BELIEVED THE LOVE THAT GOD HAS TO US. GOD IS LOVE; AND HE THAT DWELLETH IN LOVE, DWELLETH IN GOD, AND GOD IN HIM.

1 JOHN 4:10 HEREIN IS LOVE, NOT THAT WE LOVED GOD, BUT THAT HE LOVED US, AND SENT HIS SON TO BE THE PROPITIATION FOR OUR SINS.

AND THE FAMOUS, JOHN 3:16 FOR GOD SO LOVED THE WORLD...
THEN WE EXPOUNDED ON THE 'LOVE CHAPTER.' 1 CORINTHIAN 13:4-9, 13
JAMIE WAS SAYING HOW THIS KIND OF LOVE WAS KRAZY! SHE ALSO SAID THAT IT 'WAS VERY PRETTY.' THE WORDS FLOWED SO NICE. WE TALKED ABOUT GOD LOVING US SO MUCH THAT HE SENT HIS SON TO DIE FOR US WHEN WE DIDN'T DESERVE IT. WE SHOULD HAVE GONE TO DEATH INSTEAD OF JESUS CHRIST, BUT THAT'S HIS LOVE!! HE WENT IN OUR PLACE! JAMIE SAID, 'SO HE ACTUALLY TOOK THE BULLET FOR US?!' I SAID , 'YES! HE DID!'

I WAS IN AWE AT HOW GOD WAS REVEALING EVERYTHING TO THEM! SO THEY COULD UNDERSTAND. JAMIE WAS GETTING IT. SHE SAID, SHE HAD BEEN SO EVIL, AND KNEW THAT SHE HAD TO LEARN SOMETHING FROM COMING TO JAIL. SHE DIDN'T HAVE ANY TALENTS, OR GIFTS, BUT GOD WAS SHOWING HER HOW TO SEE 'GOOD THINGS' IN OTHERS. SHE SAID, 'I WANT TO KNOW GOD, BUT WHEN I'M OUT THERE, I'M SO WICKED, AND WHEN I'M IN HERE, HE'S ALL I HAVE!' SHE ALSO SAID THAT ONCE SHE STARTS HEARING THE WORD, THAT SHE REALLY WANTS IT. THIS IS WHERE LOOKED UP THE SCRIPTURES ABOUT BEING CREATED IN GOD'S IMAGE AND LIKENESS, AND HOW OUR SPIRIT YEARNS FOR GOD.

SHE SAID SHE DIDN'T KNOW HOW TO KNOW GOD, AND SO THEN WE WENT TO 1 JOHN 1:9 ABOUT CONFESSING OUR SIN AND BEING CLEANSED, THEN ROMANS, 10:9,10. WE READ HOW WE ALL GO OUR OWN WAY, AND WE END UP BEING MORE LOST!! SO WE PRAYED RIGHT HERE AT THIS POINT AND SHE ACCEPTED JESUS AS HER LORD AND SAVIOUR!! TIA SAID TO HER, 'DON'T YOU JUST FEEL LIGHTER?' AND JAMIE SAID, 'YES, I DO!' HOW AWESOME IS THAT!?!?

OH MY FATHER IN HEAVEN, SEE THE WOMEN IN THE JAIL AND THE MEN!!! SOFTEN THEIR HEARTS, PUT THAT HUNGER AND THIRST FOR MORE OF YOU IN THERE! THANK YOU FOR SENDING ME!! WHAT AN HONOR AND PRIVILEDGE IT IS TO INTRODUCE A SOUL TO OUR HEAVENLY FATHER!!

I'M IN AWE...