The "L" word

Good Morning and Happy Valentines Day!  1John 3:18 Dear children, let us not love with words or tougue but with actions and in truth. The "L" word, LOVE is such an easy word to use these days. Wherever you go you can hear people saying, "Love ya" or "You know I Love you" Today Love is just a word that is thrown around in any sentence and a emotion that is just a word. Sure there are people in our lives that we REALLY do love, and we all claim to love Jesus, but here in this Vs we are told love should be shown in action and in truth. Something to think about the next time you say the L word to someone. Would you lay down your life for that person? If they were dying would you give them CPR or if they were sad would you try and help comfort them? It is so easy for us to say we love someone,but do our actions and our motives really show it? Now there is another side of the coin some of us don't like to look at and that is the MOTIVES behind love. Have you ever found yourself saying, "If you do this I will love you forever" sure it is just a statement,but for some they use love for that purpose. To get what they want out of life. In Rom 12:9-10 it says, Love must be sincere. Hate what is evil doing to what is good. Be devoted to one another in brotherly love. Honor one another above yourselves. So what I'm trying to say, is on this day of LOVE, Dear friends, let us love one another, for love comes from God. Everyone who loves has been born of God and knows God. Whoever does not love does not know God, because God is love. 1John 4:7-8. How sincere is your "L" word today? HABD!