I don't know how to love Him.

Sometimes we find it hard to love someone. How to love them. How to show them. So how do we love the one who loves us so unconditionally?

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

1. Find out more
Find out. Read the bible. Learn more about the Lord. Learn of all the great things He's done and what lengths He has gone to for us. The Bible isn't always easy to understand so try to purchase those in simple and modern english. Try to seek your youth group leader or if you are not part of a youth group, a parent or your Bible teacher on the verses or just about anything you don't understand in the Bible or about God.

Get involved in a youth group. Take part in talks and seminars. This will help you to understand Him more. Be open and do not hesitate to confront your youth group leader on anything that questions your understanding and faith in God. By knowing Him, you will love Him.

Just like in any normal relationship, we must first know our partner in order to truly love him/her. We would usually take the initiative and go all out to understand and find out more about our partner. And with each excrutiating detail revealed, we find that the love we have for them grows stronger and stronger. It is the exact same thing with our Lord Jesus Christ.



2. Power of Praise
Praise and worship the Lord for all that He has done. Shout of His greatness to the world and proclaim that He is God. Contradict not the words you sing in your songs of praise, but live by them and sing them with all of your heart and soul. Go for concerts, presentations or other events that give you the opportunity to praise Him whole-heartedly without distractions nor daily disturbances. Devote those few hours to Him and only Him. You will find that as time gradually passes, the praise and glory that you give to Him through all this helps you to appreciate Him so much more than you already do. This subconciously helps you to grow in faith and love for Him and after time you'll find yourself singing praises to Him in the shower or at school or anywhere else for that matter, for His greatness overwhelms you.

Of course, we cannot expect this process to be a fast one. Everyone discovers Him at their own pace. Its not so much of how fast you fall in love with Him, rather how long it will last.

1 John 4:15 "Whosoever shall confess that Jesus is the Son of God, God dwelleth in him, and he in God."



3. Don't find time, MAKE time!
Always make time for the Lord. Make time to thank Him for every little thing, for every big thing and for every other thing. Greet Him a good morning as you awake in the morning. Stop what you're doing for one second to look up to Him and just acknowledge His presence by sending Him a smile.
Though rushing through a busy day, never forget to make time for Him. To say a few words to Him. To devote at least 10-15 minutes to Him each night. Tell Him about your day ;). Confide in Him. Cry with Him. Laugh with Him. Or just sit with Him and let Him know "I'm here, Lord."

Referring to a true story I heard from a friend, there was a poor, dirty, smelly man. A beggar, who used to sit outside church everyday during mass. The congregation did not welcome him, what more like him even. Everyday he would go into the church right before mass began and he would sit on one of the church pews and look up to the cross. After a short while he would leave again and return outside. A woman, curious with his actions, one day after long observation of his strange routine decided to confront him and ask him why he would spend a few minutes in church right before mass and then leave to wait outside. He answered her this. "Everyday I will go inside the church, sit down and look up at the cross. I would tell God that I do not know the Our Father, nor do I know the Hail Mary or Glory Be but Lord, I am here."

A while later the woman noticed that the man had stopped coming to church. She found out later on that he had been admitted to the hospital for reasons regarding his bad health. She decided to go see him one day and found him smiling in the hospital bed, looking fresher than ever. She asked him why he was so happy lying in a hospital bed.
He told her that earlier on someone had visited him. A man dressed all in white and the man said, "John, I am here."



4. Ask and you shall receive
Seek Him! Ask Him for strength. Ask Him to guide you on your journey to discover and love Him more. Ask Him to help you love and understand Him more through time. Let Him know that you want to know Him better. That you want to love him more. For we are weak without God. And we are lost without His guidance. And we need help. Help to go through this life. A hand to hold us up and to support our standing. Pray and ask Him for all that you need to get through this life. Want it with all your heart. Want Him with all your heart. For if you really want it, He will grant it.


Hebrew 4:16 "Let us therefore come boldly to the throne of grace, that we may obtain mercy and find grace to help in time of need."



It's never easy to fall in love with someone who's not physically there for you. And no one said that there wouldn't be obstacles along the way. But never let go. Find Him. Seek Him. Love Him. Need Him. Speak to Him. Ask Him. And once you've found Him, NEVER LET GO! I have come to find out that all this while it was not I who has been holding onto Him, but rather HE had never let me go.



1 Corinthians 13:13 "So now faith, hope, and love abide, these three; but the greatest of these is love."