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I hope these encourage and challenge you to really love God and others. There are some things here for students as well as their parents. Which ones will you do today and this week?

• Love is putting others before yourself.

• Love is realizing that when a problem or conflict arises that you are a part of the problem or conflict too, instead of just pointing fingers at everyone else.

• Love is helping your brother or sister with their chores not expecting anything in return.

• Love is knowing when to say, “I’m sorry, I was wrong.”

• Love is knowing when to say, “I love you too much to let you keep walking down the wrong path without telling you the truth.”

• Love is putting your dreams aside to fullow God’s dreams for the life He has given you.

• Love is unconditional. At least real love is.

• Love is welcoming your mom or dad at the front door when they come home from work. Just to say “Hi, how was your day?” Then listen to them. Do not ask for anything.

• Love is listening to your parents and obeying them with your words and actions.

• Love is a husband who doesn’t leave his wife when she gets terminally ill.

• Love is a wife who doesn’t leave her husband when he loses his job.

• Love is a mother giving birth.

• Love is dad being there to see his child born.

• Love is writing a letter to your Mom and Dad and thanking them for bringing you into this world and giving you life.

• Love is letting your child have the last meatball for the spaghetti dinner you are having.

• Love is helping your brother or sister with their chores not expecting anything in return.

• Love is letting your children sit in your special chair.

• Love is listening to your parents and honoring them with your actions.

• Love is telling your child, “No.” even if it will cause a conflict with them because as a parent you know that “No” is the right answer.

• Love is giving your child freedom and saying, “Yes.” sometimes to teach them the importance of responsibility.

• Love is rewarding your children when they do the right thing with responsibility and giving them consequences that sting when they mess up. This will help your children learn godly principles.

• Love is spending time with your family. Get off the computer and play some cards or a board game together. (How about put a 1,000 piece-puzzle together and get to know each other again. I learned the importance of this from my friends Mike and Christy Fluegel. Thanks!)

• Love is letting mom and dad go on a date while you clean the house from top to bottom while they are gone.

• Love is slowing down and spending intentional time with God.

• Love is shoveling your neighbors’ sidewalk and driveway.

• Love is not complaining when your parents say “No.” for your own good. Even if you don’t understand. Other than God, who loves you more than they do?

• Love is washing the dishes instead of mom doing it for the umpteenth time.

Go love today!

I Corinthians 13
I John 4:7-12