Love is ...

Colouring Page

God's Love

God's love for us is all of the things listed in the chapter from 1 Corinthians that I have used for the colouring page this week.

This is an amazing list and teaches us how we should try to love too. Are you always patient and kind with those you love? Do you make sure you keep no record of wrongs?

This is a real challenge for us and we cannot do it alone.

Help along the way

God has offered us help to get through our lives. He showed this love through Jesus, His Son, and He sent the Holy Spirit to guide and fill us each day.

This is how we love properly. Not in our own power but in God's.

Symbols of love

Hearts

One very familiar symbol of love is the heart 💖 and there are loads of fun ways to create them.

We drew hearts and the word LOVE with white candles on white card.

Then someone else painted over the images. They appear because the wax doesn't absorb the paint.

Have you ever made a row of paper people? You can do this with hearts too. Concertina fold a strip of paper and then draw on a heart shape, making sure it overlaps the edges. Cut it out and when you open it up you should have a row of hearts to decorate.

Enjoy printing and colouring the page at the top of the blog, or create your own page, full of hearts and colour them in.

The Cross

The cross a symbol of God's love because it is where Jesus died and the reason that we can be close to God again.

Jesus took away our sins by dying on the cross and that means it doesn't get between us and God.

You could make a cross using two twigs and some string to join them in the cross shape. Or draw and colour, or cut out and decorate.

The cross was an ugly thing made beautiful because of what it means. You can take a simple piece of card and make a beautiful cross.

It could be fun to head out and see if you can see any cross shapes in the world around you. Maybe in church windows or just in shapes you see.

God bless you all and help you to love in the best way, remembering that He loved us first.