WHEN LOVE IS MISSING

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For God so greatly loved and dearly prized the world that He [even] gave up His only begotten (unique) Son, so that whoever believes in (trusts in, clings to, relies on) Him shall not perish (come to destruction, be lost) but have eternal (everlasting) life.
            This is a very popular scripture that we all know. After Adam and Eve ate the forbidden fruit and disobeyed God, God got angry and punished them by cursing them and sending them out of the Garden of Eden. On a second thought, God felt it will be too harsh of Him to send His children out without forgiving them… Because of this love, He (God) sent His only Begotten Son “Jesus Christ” to this world to die and cleanse us from all our sins and iniquities.

Now, think about this, what do you think will be the fate of you and I in this world today if God did not show His love to us by sending His son Jesus Christ?

Nigeria, my great country…The lion of Africa moved me to write this article; it’s a great pity that LOVE is missing in our own dear country. I understand that some other countries in the world are faced with similar or more problems but am more interested in Nigeria because this is my HOME…

It’s a pity we live in a country where love is not shown. People feel so insecure and do not trust one another. A country where people kill one another for a useless cause; it is saddening to know that Nigeria, one of the most religious country in Africa is lacking love.

Even in churches and mosques where we believe love is meant to abound, we find there "envy and hypocrisy". Founders of churches envy themselves because of the total number of their congregation.
The outcome of the missing love is what we are experiencing and seeing today… When will this stop?

Walking in love with God and the people that surrounds you is a way out. We know that evil cannot be totally eradicated in our society because we have people whose thoughts and intentions are purely evil and we already know where they (these set of people) belong...But doing good can overcome evil. Love conquers all
Luke 6:35 But love your enemies and be kind and do good [doing favors so that someone derives benefit from them] and lend, expecting and hoping for nothing in return but considering nothing as lost and despairing of no one; and then your recompense (your reward) will be great (rich, strong, intense, and abundant), and you will be sons of the Most High, for He is kind and charitable and good to the ungrateful and the selfish and wicked.

If we can express/show true love to one another things will get better… it is lack of love that makes a leader to embezzle money without considering his followers. Lack of love makes a leader ignore his duties and concentrate on less important things…remember a selfish heart is a heart without love.


Look around you today, you see under aged children and teenagers selling items in traffic to meet their needs, you see children malnourished and hungry in many of our streets…some kids do not have clothes to wear and some of us have a wardrobe full of clothes we don’t wear…We know of some rich people in our nation who can afford to send over ten (10) children to school without feeling the cost but they won’t just do it… when will all this end? When exactly will love be found and cherished.
John 15:12-13 This is My commandment: that you love one another [just] as I have loved you. No one has greater love [no one has shown stronger affection] than to lay down (give up) his own life for his friends.

Love is meek, love is patient, love changes, love endures and it thinks no wrong. Love is the best thing that can transform and overwhelms a man’s heart. Imagine the love of a mother towards her unborn child, even though she hasn’t seen the child, she loves and cares for the child.
We need to change our mindset, we need to flush out the hatred in our hearts and fill it with love. Until we start making sacrifices for our fellow men, until we start going extra miles for people around us…until then have we found love…
Mark 12:31 You shall love your neighbor as yourself. There is no other commandment greater than these.

Many Christians today claim they love God. They say they can go extra miles for God yet they can’t sacrifice a bowl of garri for their hungry neighbor. You do not love God; if you love God you will be willing to do more for people around you.
John 13:34-35 I give you a new commandment: that you should love one another. Just as I have loved you, so you too should love one another. By this shall all [men] know that you are My disciples, if you love one another [if you keep on showing love among yourselves].

Don’t let us deceive ourselves, we are all guilty of this…we have all being selfish at some points…let us make amends.
Let us love one another with brotherly affection [as members of one family], giving precedence and showing honor to one another. [Let our] love be sincere (a real thing); hate what is evil [loathe all ungodliness, turn in horror from wickedness], but hold fast to that which is good.

Let us find the key to love and use it to open every locked door…cheers

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