The Shape of Love

Love is love. This unhelpful tautology has seemingly won the day with Christians and non-Christians alike. It works well as a slogan but offers little substance for how God calls us to live a life of love. Instead, the Bible teaches us there is a shape to love. The love God calls us to looks like something. It has content to it. It is first and foremost received from God, then directed back to God, and then, lived out toward neighbor. It’s sacrificial, others-centered, joyful, and obedient. This life of love is the Way of the Lord, and the reason for the title of this study.

I thought I would share the chapters of my new book, Lord of All, with you here at the Ailbe website. Each chapter (or, lesson) also has in-depth Bible study questions at the end. You can buy the book/study guide via the Ailbe Book Store, under my name. I hope you'll check it out. Here's the Introduction.

Blessings,
Dale

Spending Time with Others

This Lesson's Scripture: Acts 9:19b-31 and Mark 2:1-12

This Week’s Scripture: Luke 10:38-42

³⁸ As Jesus and his disciples were on their way, he came to a village where a woman named Martha opened her home to him. ³⁹ She had a sister called Mary, who sat at the Lord’s feet listening to what he said. ⁴⁰ But Martha was distracted by all the preparations that had to be made. She came to him and asked, “Lord, don’t you care that my sister has left me to do the work by myself? Tell her to help me!”

⁴¹ “Martha, Martha,” the Lord answered, “you are worried and upset about many things, ⁴² but few things are needed—or indeed only one. Mary has chosen what is better, and it will not be taken away from her.”

This is the first lesson in a new series I'm putting together called, "A Light Unto Our Path."