Yesterday I was reading a devotional on 1 Corinthians 13:13 which reads:

And now these three remain: faith, hope and love. But the greatest of these is love.

I have heard this verse a thousand times, thus honestly, I had pretty love expectations for the devotional. However, the author posed quite an interesting question: Why is love the greatest attribute? He explained many reasons, but the paramount two being that God is love (1 John 4:8) and that Jesus sums up the entire law by instructing us to love God and love others (Matthew 22:37-39).

I was challenged by these thoughts, and realized how quickly I lose sight of the truth that love should be the ultimate aim of my day. For the next week, my goal is to wake up everyday and ask myself three questions:

1) What is one thing I can do to love God toady?

2) What is one thing I can do to love others today?

3) What is one thing I can do to love myself today?

Yesterday, I answered these questions by spending some extra time in prayer.The question focusing my myself may strike some as selfish, but I am firm believer that if we do not take time to care for ourselves, we will never be able to adequately love others.  

I want to be more intentional about loving. The world we live in is longing for the love that only their Creator can give, and I want to reflect that love to myself and others.

The hunger for love is much more difficult to remove than the hunger for bread. ~Mother Teresa