God's kind of love

I've been thinking recently about God's kind of love. About showing His kind of love to my family. My family is awesome. We get along very well together. However, sometimes there are those moments when God's love is required in a situation. I read 1 Cor 13 in my qt (quiet time) this morning. Here is God's kind of love.

4 Love suffers long
and is kind;
love does not envy;
love does not parade itself,
is not puffed up;
5 does not behave rudely,
does not seek its own,
is not provoked,
thinks no evil;
6 does not rejoice in iniquity,
but rejoices in the truth;
7 bears all things,
believes all things,
hopes all things,
endures all things.
8 Love never fails.

Wow. Now that's love. God's kind of love. Unselfish, self-sacrificing, giving love. I want to have that kind of love for others. For God first, then my family, and then others. I was also thinking about loving God. "We love Him because He first loved us." When I am told "Love the Lord your God with all your heart, all your soul, all your mind, and all your strength" what does it mean? It's interesting and convicting to think about.

Am I loving God with all my heart? Does God have my heart? Is my heart to love and serve Him only? Am I loving God with all my soul? With my will and emotions? Am I loving Him with all my mind? What kind of thoughts are running through my head? What about all my strength? What am I using my strength and energy for?
I was thinking specifically about my mind. What do I think about others? Am I loving God by loving others with my thoughts? Do I think of them as God does?

God, thank You so much for Your love! Thank You for loving me first and giving everything for me! Help me to love You and others with Your kind of love. In Your name I pray, amen.

"There is only one happiness in life, to love and be loved." ~George Sand