May your Agape love be upon us.

 May Your Agape Love Be Upon Us

A Reflection on 1 John 4:9-10, Romans 5:8, and John 3:16

May Your agape love be upon us—not the love of human kind,

That fades with time and falters, leaving questions in the mind.

But the love that loved us first, before we knew Your name,

The love that sent Your only Son to bear our sin and shame.

This is love: not that we loved God, but that He loved us and sent His Son as an atoning sacrifice for our sins. (1 John 4:10)

Agape—self‑less, unconditional, divine,

A love that bends the heavens, a love that breaks the line

Between the holy and the broken, between the pure and stained.

It does not keep a record, it is not puffed up or feigned.

Let this love be upon our minds—to think of others first.

Let this love be upon our hearts—to quench our selfish thirst.

Let this love be upon our lips—to speak with grace and truth,

To heal the wounds of others, to restore the fading youth.

But God demonstrates His own love for us in this: While we were still sinners, Christ died for us. (Romans 5:8)

May Your agape love be upon us in the valley and the peak,

When we are strong and when we are weak.

It is not a feeling, but a choice, a covenant, a vow.

Let it shape our living, let it define our now.

For the greatest of these is love—not faith, not hope alone,

But love that flows from Your throne to every broken bone.

Let it pour upon our families, our neighbors, and our foes.

Let it be the fragrance that our daily living shows.

“For God so loved the world that He gave His one and only Son, that whoever believes in Him shall not perish but have eternal life.” (John 3:16)

So we receive Your agape love—not as a trophy, but a seed.

Let it grow, let it bear fruit in every word and deed.

May Your agape love be upon us—now and evermore.

The love that casts out fear, the love that opens heaven's door.

Amen.