{"id":6313,"date":"2024-12-27T16:12:18","date_gmt":"2024-12-27T16:12:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/charlie22outdoors.com\/?p=6313"},"modified":"2024-12-27T16:12:19","modified_gmt":"2024-12-27T16:12:19","slug":"december-27-devotion-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/charlie22outdoors.com\/?p=6313","title":{"rendered":"December 27 Devotion"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>My wife and I have been married for over 22 years. Hard to believe. It seems like it was just yesterday we were dating. Now here we are two decades later with three kids and five grandchildren. Truly blessed. And blessed as I am to have been married to her this long, I am inspired by those that we know that have been married 40 years, 50 years, even longer. Amazing examples of commitment. Amazing examples of what true love is.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>But, what is true love? Where does love begin? Where does it come from? These are some deep questions. But I think the answer to all three is one word. The same answer for each question. I believe the answer is God. God is love. The Bible tells us, \u201cWe love each other because he loved us first.\u201d Nothing can be more truer than that verse. God created us out of his love. And because of that, we can love others. And that is awesome.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>It\u2019s easy for us to get caught up in \u201cearthly\u201d love. Easy to love possessions. Easy to love experiences. Easy to love what others have. But those types of love will fade. They will end. Because those things end. I can tell you this in all confidence: God\u2018s love for us will never end. Because he will never end. He came before us. He is here now. He will be here when we are gone. He is the constant. He has never wavered. And he never will. Therefore, his love is constant. His love will never waiver. His love will never end. So if we have our love for others built on God, those relationships will never end. Our love for them can last for eternity. 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