My word for May 26th is AUTOMATIC
Last night I couldn’t sleep. There have been many homes that have been burglarized in our
small town. I started to worry
because our alarm system hasn’t been working properly and I made a mental note
that I needed to call the company to come work on it. I decided to get up and read. As I was reading, Bella began to bark nonstop. I didn’t think that much about her
barking until I heard my car start in the garage. What in the world?
I got up and could see the glow of my lights. I ran to the bedroom, turned on the light, woke up Jay, and
then called 911. While we stood
there my car engine shut off then started again. Who was in our garage starting my car? The police arrived and searched
everywhere, nothing. They were
very nice and one officer said he had seen where cars with automatic starts could
have a short and just start without anyone in them. We were relieved, but also a little embarrassed that I
called 911 for an automatic start.
The origin of the word automatic goes back to the Greek word
automatos, “acting of ones own will, self-acting, of itself.” This word is made up of two parts, auto
meaning “self”, and “matos” meaning “willing”. Many things in our bodies are automatic, our heart beating,
our lungs breathing, and our brain thinking. God’s love is automatic. He doesn’t have to work on loving us. Just as our heart beats automatically, love
happens automatically for God. He is
willing to love us no matter what.
Even if we don’t deserve the love, He loves us anyway His love is
automatically unconditional. God
doesn’t even have to think about loving everyone and everything. His gear always shifts to love. Us on the other hand are
different. Our emotions aren’t
always in the correct gear, but God wants to help us shift. He doesn’t want us to stall and be
stuck in another gear. Shift out
of the hate gear and into the love gear.
In John 13:35 Jesus tells His disciples, “By this all men will know that
you are my disciples, if you love one another.” To God love isn’t an option it is a gear that we need to be
stuck in. When we love, our lives
drive more smoothly. Love is
summed up in this scripture; 1John 2:10 “Whoever loves his brother lives in the
light, and there is nothing in him to make him stumble.”
Let the Lord change you where you are able to automatically
love those who are hard to love.
Just as my car started automatically in the garage, automatically start
your engine of love. Get there
quick, don’t’ let it take many laps to cross the finish line. When you love, you will radiate the “loveglow”
that God wants you to reveal to others.
Dear Lord thank you for always being in the love gear. Many times it is hard to love, we pray
that you give us the ability to love unconditionally just as You do. We know that without loving we aren’t
complete. Help us to stay in the
right gear so that we radiate your love to those around us.
http://tomgreenslade.hubpages.com/hub/When-Love-is-Automatic
HubPages, When Love is Automatic
61, Tom Greenslade
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