The wakeup call to Love

**The following post written on Aug 9 2009 at 10:26PM**

Dear all,

Today was a very special day for many reasons. One being that it is a blessed Sunday and it is the day God has granted us the rest. Another reason being that I finally had the chance to join brothers and sisters into worship and regain strength through the sweet fellowship after three weeks of being in the music festival. And last reason being that the sermon given today spoke to me so strongly that it has found its place in my heart and touched me very deeply, and the speaker happened to be my very own darling father:)

Today's sermon was on Love. It almost came off to me as an old deal, but to my greatest amazement, the sermon reminded me of the importance and gave me a whole new perspective. I have since then been filled with new insights and joy.

To make the long sermon short, not only is loving one another demanded by God, but it is also an essential criteria for one another to feel the presence of God's spirit and live in Him, in which God lives in us. For it says,

God is Love. Whoever lives in love lives in God, and God in him.
In this way, love is made complete among us so that we will have confidence on the day of judgment, because in this world we are like him
1 John 4:16-17

The sermon today has truly blessed me by reminding me the importance to love even when situations seem desperately in distress. It has been many times over the summer that I felt weak to continue in staying at the Chinese church back at school, surely due to many personal weaknesses and sinful thoughts. However, today's sermon once again shed lights unto the fact that, Love is the key to all, and I have the responsibility to love one another unconditionally.

It is always so easy for me to overlook the importance of Love, and I believe it is because Love comes from God and I am too often of the world that I felt no urgency to practice Love. Today has served as a wakeup call for me to once again stand firm on my two feet with the readiness that comes from the gospel of peace, and worship God every minute in all the ways I do.

I feel so blessed and thankful that God has never left or abandoned me. Just how can I not believe He is real? :)

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 6:18

As of right now, I can't quite wait to go back to school and do all the amazing stuff that is in front of me, let it be violin or ministry. I pray that with God's mercy, this new found energy may stay in me with an overabundant of love to share with others. I pray to be constantly reminded of His great glory.

I hope all is well with everyone... wherever you may be! There is a great chance that I'm thinking about you and praying for you:)

Love,
Anna