In Episode 17, I shared the importance of showing more love to those around us. Please listen to this bonus meditation when you need to be reminded just how loved you are and how important it is to share that love with the world.
“Love is patient, love is kind. It does not envy, it does not boast, it is not proud. It does not dishonor others, it is not self-seeking, it is not easily angered, it keeps no record of wrongs. Love does not delight in evil but rejoices with the truth. It always protects, always trusts, always hopes, always perseveres. Love never fails.” 1 Corinthians 13:4-8
“Let the morning bring me word of your unfailing love,
For I have put my trust in you.
Show me the way I should go,
For to you I entrust my life.” Psalm 143:8
“And over all these virtues put on love, which binds them all together in perfect unity.” Colossians 3:14
“Let love and faithfulness never leave you;
Bind them around your neck,
Write them on the tablet of your heart.
Then you will win favor and a good name
In the sight of God and man.” Proverbs 3:3-4
“And so we know and rely on the love God has for us. God is love. Whoever lives in love lives in God, and God in them.” 1 John 4:16
“Be completely humble and gentle; be patient, bearing with one another in love.” Ephesians 4:2
“We love because He first loved us” 1 John 4:19
“And now these three remain: faith, hope, and love. But the greatest of these is love.” 1 Corinthians 13:13
“Above all, love each other deeply, because love covers over a multitude of sins.” 1 Peter 4:8
“Love must be sincere. Hate what is evil; cling to what is good.” Romans 12:9
“My command is this: Love each other as I have loved you.” John 15:12
“Be devoted to one another in love. Honor one another above yourselves.” Romans 12:10
“May the Lord direct your hearts into God’s love and Christ’s perseverance.” 2 Thessalonians 3:5
“Whoever claims to love God yet hates a brother or sister is a liar. For whoever does not love their brother or sister, whom they have seen, cannot love God, whom they have not seen.” 1 John 4:20
“However, as it is written: What no eye has seen, what no ear has heard, and what no human mind has conceived-the things God has prepared for those who love him.” 1 Corinthians 2:9
“Let no debt remain outstanding, except the continuing debt to love one another, for whoever loves others has fulfilled the law.” Romans 13:8
“See what great love the Father has lavished on us, that we should be called children of God! And that is what we are! The reason the world does not know us is that it did not know him.” 1 John 3:1
“There is no fear in love. But perfect love drives out fear, because fear has to do with punishment. The one who fears is not made perfect in love.” 1 John 4:18
“May the Lord make your love increase and overflow for each other and for everyone else, just as ours does for you.” 1 Thessalonians 3:12
“Hatred stirs up conflict, but love covers over all wrongs.” Proverbs 10:12
“For I am convinced that neither death nor life, neither angels nor demons, neither the present nor the future, nor any powers, neither height nor depth, nor anything else in all creation, will be able to separate us from the love of God that is in Christ Jesus our Lord.” Romans 8:38-39
“The second is this: ‘Love your neighbor as yourself.’ There is no commandment greater than these.” Mark 12:31
“Because of the Lord’s great love, we are not consumed,
For his compassions never fail.
They are new every morning;
Great is your faithfulness.” Lamentations 3:22-23
“But I tell you, love your enemies and pray for those who persecute you.” Matthew 5:44
“This is love: not that we loved God, but that he loved us and sent his Son as an atoning sacrifice for our sins.” 1 John 4:10
“The Lord is compassionate and gracious,
Slow to anger, abounding in love.” Psalm 103:8
“And walk in the way of love, just as Christ gave himself up f