Have you ever heard Sonnet 43 by Elizabeth Barrett Browning (1806-1861)
How Do I Love Thee ?
It starts like this..........
How do I love thee? Let me count the ways.
*From God to Us:*
Jn.3:16 For God so loved the world.....this we know by repetition of many yrs.........
Greater love hath no man than this, that a man will lay down his life for a friend. Jn.15:11-14 ( Cxt)
Jesus died for the sin debt we owed .
Luke 23:44-47 ( Cxt)
*From Us to God:*
Love the Lord our God with all our strength....Mk.12: 27-33 (Cxt)
If you love me keep my commandments.....1Jn 5:1-3 ( Cxt) Jn.14:13-16 ( Cxt)
*From Us to Others:*
By this shall they know ye are my disciples. Jn. 13:32-35 ( Cxt) 1 Peter 1:21-23 ( Cxt)
That we love one another, as he has loved us. Jn.15:9-16; ( Cxt) Jn.13:32-35
Love your neighbor as yourself Mk.12:28-34
( Cxt)
Love the unlovable and your enemies. Luke:6:30-33 ( Cxt)
Let us share here not as a question per say but.........How do I show God and his love, Let Me Count the Ways ?
How Do I Love Thee ?
It starts like this..........
How do I love thee? Let me count the ways.
*From God to Us:*
Jn.3:16 For God so loved the world.....this we know by repetition of many yrs.........
Greater love hath no man than this, that a man will lay down his life for a friend. Jn.15:11-14 ( Cxt)
Jesus died for the sin debt we owed .
Luke 23:44-47 ( Cxt)
*From Us to God:*
Love the Lord our God with all our strength....Mk.12: 27-33 (Cxt)
If you love me keep my commandments.....1Jn 5:1-3 ( Cxt) Jn.14:13-16 ( Cxt)
*From Us to Others:*
By this shall they know ye are my disciples. Jn. 13:32-35 ( Cxt) 1 Peter 1:21-23 ( Cxt)
That we love one another, as he has loved us. Jn.15:9-16; ( Cxt) Jn.13:32-35
Love your neighbor as yourself Mk.12:28-34
( Cxt)
Love the unlovable and your enemies. Luke:6:30-33 ( Cxt)
Let us share here not as a question per say but.........How do I show God and his love, Let Me Count the Ways ?