Peace Talk - February 2011
Apostolic Mission Congregation of the LCMS Pastor Kristian Bjornstad 2506 N. Main Ave. 343-9828 www.yourpeace.org
FROM THE PASTOR’S HEART: “God is Love” - 1 John 4:8
It is a most amazing thing to think on the sentence that “God is Love”. What is “Love”? It is somehow the very essence of God. And what kind of love is St. John speaking about? The great church father Chrysostom wrote: “What kind of love are we talking about here? It is the true love and not simply what people use this word to mean. It comes from our attitude and knowledge and must proceed from a pure heart. For there is also a love of evil things.. Robbers love other robbers, and murderers love each other too, not out of love which comes from a good conscience but from a bad one.” Many can say that they “love”, but only a Christian can claim it in the full. Only the Christian can taste in the love of God in Jesus Christ. Another church father Issac the Syrian wrote: “Because God is love, the one who lives in love reaps the fruit of life from God. While still in this world, he even now breathes the air of the resurrection.” This Valentines Day remember the true source of love does not come from within ourselves, but from without... from the very seat of heaven itself! Praise God for love and our sharing in it! Please know that I love each and every one of you! In Jesus, Pastor Bjornstad