This past weekend, 110 million people watched the Super Bowl and the all the festivities surrounding it including a number of funny commercials and a half time show performed by the Black Eyed Peas. This group’s first top ten hit in 2003 was a song entitled, “Where is the Love?”
Take a minute and look at these thought provoking lyrics included in the song:
I feel the weight of the world on my shoulder … As I'm gettin' older, y'all, people gets colder … Most of us only care about money makin' … Selfishness got us followin' the wrong direction
Wrong information always shown by the media …Negative images is the main criteria … Infecting the young minds faster than bacteria … Kids wanna act like what they see in the cinema
Yo', whatever happened to the values of humanity … Whatever happened to the fairness and equality … Instead of spreading love we're spreading animosity … Lack of understanding, leading lives away from unity
That's the reason why sometimes I'm feelin' under … That's the reason why sometimes I'm feelin' down … There's no wonder why sometimes I'm feelin' under … Gotta keep my faith alive till love is found … And ask yourself
Where is the love? … Where is the love? … Where is the love?… Where is the love?
Father, Father, Father help us … Send us some guidance from above …'Cause people got me, got me questionin' … Where is the love?
With Valentine’s Day approaching we are being bombarded with reminders to celebrate love, and yet many disillusioned with life and love feel the sentiments of the words above and are asking the same question … Where is the love?
One of the first followers of Jesus (named John) wrote the following: “This is love: not that we loved God, but that he loved us and sent his Son as an atoning sacrifice for our sins. Dear friends, since God so loved us, we also ought to love one another.… And so we know and rely on the love God has for us. God is love. Whoever lives in love lives in God, and God in them.”1 John 4:10-11, 16 NIV
Have you experienced the Father’s Love?
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