We love because he first loved us. 1 John 4: 19

In this Gospel, I understand that we should love everyone and everything around us. But more importantly it is loving God above all. We can't love something or someone more than we love God because He is our source of love. That's why we need to be faithful to him and only him.

He wants us to love him more than anything and anyone in this world. Because in this world, everything we see, we own or we have are only temporary. But God and his love for us will always remain. He will never be temporary. He will always be there for us, no matter what.

-Toni Grey

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