Who am I? I'm a Box of Love

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"Beloved, let us love one another, for love is from God, and whoever loves has been born of God and knows God." 1 John 4:7 English Standard Version

Forrest Gump said, "My momma always said, 'Life was like a box of chocolates. You never know what you're gonna get.'" Opening a box of chocolates often comes with a surprise. The box might list what we can expect from its contents, but there's still a surprise when we open it.

John states that love is from God. That's shouldn't surprise us. From the time we were small, many of us heard someone say that God is love. However, even if God's love might be expected, his love still surprises us.

We're surprise that God loves us. We know our faults, our sin, our self-centeredness, and yet God loves us. Through Jesus Christ we are surrounded and embraced by God's love everyday. We are loved at the expense of his cross. It is in the nature of God that his love surprises us.

Would others say that our love is like a box of chocolates? Is our love full of surprises? Are people surprised by our love for the homeless, the aging, and the brokenhearted? 

God's love is full of surprises. May that also be said of our love, a love that is rooted in the biggest surprise of salvation.

Who am I? I'm a box of chocolates, full of surprises.

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