Love From, Love For, Love Like

My Seminary lesson this morning was about Heavenly Father and Jesus Christ's love. President Uchtdorf had many great things to say about Their love.

"Since 'God is love,' the closer we approach Him, the more profoundly we experience love. But because a veil separates this mortality from our heavenly home, we must seek in the Spirit that which is imperceptible to mortal eyes. Heaven may seem distant at times, but the scriptures offer hope: 'Ye shall seek me, and find me, when ye shall search for me with all your heart.'" (Ensign, Nov. 2009)

"Love is the guiding light that illuminates the disciple's path and fills our daily walk with life, meaning and wonder. Love is the measure of our faith, the inspiration for our obedience, and the true altitude of our discipleship. Love is the way of the disciple." (Ensign, Nov. 2009)

So, how can we feel love FROM Heavenly Father and Jesus Christ?

"Hereby perceive we the love of [Christ], because he laid down his life for us..." 1 John 3:16
"In this was manifested the love of God toward us, because that God sent his only begotten Son into the world, that we might live through him. Herein is love, not that we loved God, but that he loved us, and sent his Son to be the propitiation for our sins." 1 John 4:9-10

This is evidence enough that They love us. God sent His greatly loved Son to suffer and die for us, and take upon Him the burdens of the world, so that we could have the chance to repent and be resurrected into our true form, and return to live with Him again.
I also think that the Spirit has an important part in this. If we are constantly in tune with the Spirit, then we can more easily feel the the love from Heavenly Father and Jesus Christ. The Spirit will bring Their love into our homes, and into our hearts.

How can we feel love FOR Heavenly Father and Jesus Christ?

"If ye love me, keep my commandments." John 14:15
"For this is the love of God, that we keep his commandments: and his commandments are not grievous." 1 John 5:3

If we love Them, we need to keep Their commandments. It's a simple as that. We need to have Their commandments written on our hearts, and keep them as constant reminders. The greatest commandments are about love. 

"...The first of all the commandment is, ...thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy heart, and with all thy soul, and with all they mind, and with all thy strength: this is the first commandment. And the second is like namely this, Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself. There is none other commandment greater than these." Mark 12:29-31

This leads into my final subject--
How can we feel love LIKE Heavenly Father and Jesus Christ?
"For this is the message that ye heard from the beginning, that we should love one another." 1 John 3:11
"Beloved, let us love one another: for love is of God; and everyone that loveth is born of God, and knoweth God. ...Beloved, if God so loved us, we ought also to love one another. ...If we love one another, God dwelleth in us, and his love is perfected in us." 1 John 4:7, 11-13

If we desire to love like Them, we need to first love others, and work on finding the good in everyone. Love your neighbor as yourself. Everyone is different. God made it that way. He made it so that we all have weaknesses, but so that we can turn the weaknesses into strengths. Part of that is learning to love one another. When we learn to love one another, we learn to love Heavenly Father and Jesus Christ.

To conclude, here are some questions to ponder and answer.
~Are you doing your part to receive and recognize love from Heavenly Father and Jesus Christ?
~How are you demonstrating your love for Them and where would you like to improve?
~Are you learning and practicing love like Them?
~What does Their love mean to you?

Always remember that you are loved--so greatly that it is hard to imagine. Heavenly Father and Jesus Christ are always watching over you and filling you with Their love!
-JS