About 25 years ago, my English teacher used Whitney Houston’s
song, “The Greatest Love of All” for her listening comprehension lesson.
Towards the end of the lesson, she asked a very defining question to her
students - “Do you agree
with the singer
that the greatest love
of all is
loving yourself?”. Many of my
classmates agreed with the singer. Deep within me, I was praying for courage to
disagree with my classmates. After a
while I took the courage and responded saying that I disagree with the singer. For
me, the greatest love of all is God’s love.
I accepted the Lord two years before this question was
raised. I saw the love of God reaching out to me and transforming me. 1 John
4:10 says “This is love: not that we loved God, but that he
loved us and sent his Son as an atoning sacrifice for our sins.”
Sometimes we need reminding that God loves us. We focus on
the difficulties of life and wonder, Where is the love? But if we pause and consider all that God has done for us, we remember how much
we are loved by God, who is love (1 John
4:8-10). The greatest love of all demands the greatest sacrifice of all and on the cross Jesus died for all our iniquities.
Be Blessed.
