Love Delivered
Love is what Christmas is all about.
Beloved, let us love one another, because love is from God; everyone who loves is born of God and knows God. Whoever does not love does not know God, for God is love. God’s love was revealed among us in this way: God sent his only Son into the world so that we might live through him. In this is love, not that we loved God but that he loved us and sent his Son to be the atoning sacrifice for our sins. Beloved, since God loved us so much, we also ought to love one another. No one has ever seen God; if we love one another, God lives in us, and his love is perfected in us. By this we know that we abide in him and he in us, because he has given us of his Spirit. And we have seen and do testify that the Father has sent his Son as the Savior of the world. God abides in those who confess that Jesus is the Son of God, and they abide in God. So we have known and believe the love that God has for us. God is love, and those who abide in love abide in God, and God abides in them. - 1 John 4:7-16
Every week at Caritas, we get a call from the same gentleman, let's call him George. He lets us know that he would like to be included in the meal delivery we do on Saturday morning.
This week and next, though, we decided to deliver meals and more during the week rather than on Saturday, so the staff could spend time with their families.
Yesterday we got a call from George, but this time he wasn't asking for anything. He wanted to thank us for all we do for him and others.
He thanked us for the love we put in every delivery.
There is no better time than Christmas to think of all the things we do and are done for us out of love. Yes, it may be work, but behind the work is something more, something that drives us to continue when times are tough.
It is love.
God so loved the world that he sent his only son. And on this day, we celebrate that love.
More to come...