Let us love each other

One of the most difficult things about being a believer or even a non-believer is the question of motivation. In the Christian sense, we love because God is love, he teaches us to love, and because he first loved us. In the non-christian sense, I don't know - maybe it's just the American thing to do.

This is always the big question for me. I hang out with people all the time who are completely centered on satisfying their desires. They talk about money, women (yeah the negative side of this), cars, boats, expensive foods, etc... And why not? It is their right to chase these things.

And am I surprised when they get all mad about one thing or another? Not really. It seems their nature to take what is given and complain about the rest. We all know people like this. Why are there such vast differences between this type of person and a more compassionate non-God fearing person? I don't know.

But here is what I do know. This verse from 1 John 4:7 suggests that everyone that loves does know God. Interesting if you are a non-believer and are reading this ...

Beloved, let us love one another, for love is of God; and everyone who loves is born of God and knows God. —1 John 4:7