Tuesday, March 11, 2025
“Tell Someone You Love Them”
Here’s something that’s a bit different: tell someone you love them. How often do we say it? How often do we hear it? For some of us, this will be simple because we will have a variety of folks from which to choose. However, for others, this Lenten Challenge will be exceedingly difficult for a number of reasons.
Maybe that’s why this Challenge makes the cut every year: Maybe this Challenge is specifically designed for those of us who are blessed with lots of loved ones, recognizing that others don’t have the blessings of lots of people who care for us.
Oh, this isn’t about trying to create problems for anyone. Instead, this is about helping to create solutions. For lots of reasons, including health, wellness, and self-image (to name just a few), we need to take some time to consider how much our loved ones contribute to our well-being. What if we didn’t have someone checking in on us? What if we didn’t have someone who wanted to track our location or nag us about our diets? Would we feel free and untethered, or would we feel lost and forgotten?
The Bible is very clear on the most important thing in our world – love. Whether we are to love God today or simply love one another, make sure to communicate our love is important to the other person. That’s right: God probably appreciates when we tell Him that we love and appreciate all that the LORD does for us. Sure, God doesn’t necessarily need us to say or do anything, but goodness! Communicating our love for the LORD through each other sure does sound like a positive step to take as we complete the first week of this Lenten Season.
Today’s Challenge for Lent is a good one. Tell someone you love them, and this includes the LORD!
“My dear friends, we must love each other. Love comes from God, and when we love each other, it shows we have been given new life. We are now God’s children, and we know him.” (1 John 4:7, CEV)
