Do You Know I Love You?

What is true love?  Is it a feeling or an emotion?  When Jesus talked about love it came with a list of actions.  Love was more than just saying it.  It was an outwardly expression to those around Him.  Jesus showed what love was when He gave up his life. He didn't just run around telling people He loved them; He showed them.  If there was a perfect picture of love it would be a 33 year old who was beaten, bruised, spit on, mocked, nailed to a cross, and yelling out, "Father forgive them, for they know not what they do!"

This is what is so special about being at the kids club: these kids hear people say I love you, but a lot of them never see true love.

So as they grow up they have a misunderstanding of what love looks like.  At Behind Every Door Ministries we have the opportunity to change that.  It's not just enough to say it.  We spend our time here showing them what love truly looks like.

I remember when I first started at Willow Pond, the kids were surprised to find out that we were here to stay.  For a lot of these kids abandonment is attached to the word love.  So it is a new concept to these kids for someone to come in, show them love, and consistently be there.  William Shakespeare said "they do not love, that do not show their love."  We just want our love to be evident to these kids.

-- Rickey Fanning