Is there any love left in the world?

Is there any love left in the world?

But because of his great love for us, God, who is rich in mercy, made us alive with Christ even when we were dead in transgressions- it is by grace you have been saved. Ephesians 2:4 NIV

Whenever my coworkers discuss the news, I get the feeling that the world is full of evil. I once heard one person say that there is no evil, just an absence of good, to which I said, "Yeah, its called evil." The things that people do to each other can range from rude or mildly annoying to treacherous and down right absent of any good (or plain old evil). I sometimes get the feeling that this world is overrun with evil. I even read a Bible verse that said these last days are evil (Ephesians 5:16), or a different way of saying it is that God is absent from peoples minds and actions. I sometimes wonder if the world is at a complete loss for godly love?

Not long after getting the idea that the world was running empty on love, I went to a farmer’s market with my wife and a few friends. As I watched all the people I was overwhelmed with a single thought… “God loves all of these people!” There is more love in this world than you might think. All of these people, the good and the bad, have the love of God, at least in some capacity. Many people do not know or feel God’s love, but that does not mean it does not exist. When you think about it, this world is overflowing with the love of Christ!

Consider this; God loves you so intensely, that He sent His son to die in your stead. Now multiply that by the population of the planet, which at the time of this writing is roughly 6,975,376,589. That is a lot of love!