
A Love Story Hidden in Bible
“He who does not love does not know God, for God is love.” — 1 John 4:8 NKJV
For over twenty years—since the day I first believed—I thought the Bible was an ancient mystery, a divine book I couldn’t understand. Every time I tried to read it, I’d push through the first few chapters of Genesis until I lost all willpower somewhere in Kings. To me, it felt like a book of distant laws and foreign history—dry, confusing, and impossibly far from my life.
Even the New Testament left me weary—four Gospels telling the same story over and over… until I nearly read myself to sleep.
And then one verse changed everything:
“ In this 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 4:10 NKJV
It wasn’t about my effort. It was never about how well I could love Him.
It was always about how deeply He already loved me.
God is love. And He loves me.
That’s when I realized—the Bible isn’t just a rule book. It’s not just history.
It’s a love letter. A sacred, divine love letter written from His heart to mine.
Every line, every name, every law, every whisper through the prophets… all of it is His way of saying, “I see you. I choose you. I adore you.”
From the dawn of creation to the promises of eternity, He’s been writing His love across every chapter. And He doesn’t stop there—He comes near, dwelling within me, gently teaching me, revealing things only lovers share. His Spirit translates the words my heart couldn’t once grasp.
Now, every time I read the Bible, I don’t just see text—I see devotion. I see Him.
And sometimes I cry, overwhelmed by the weight of such tender love.
The Bible is no longer a book I try to study.
It’s a love story I’m living.
And He—my God, my Beloved—is the One who loves with all His heart, all His soul, all His strength.
Letting Him love me has changed everything.
Now I can love others—not from duty, but from overflow.
Because the Bible… is His love letter to me.
关于圣经
“没有爱的就不认识上帝,因为上帝就是爱。”(约翰一书4:8)
20多年来,从我信主的第一天开始,都以为圣经是一本天书,完全看不懂。每一次试着去读,都是从《创世纪》第一章使劲读到第20几章就实在是读不下去了,最多的一次是读到《列王纪上》。感觉圣经跟我一点关系都没有,都是一些以色列的历史和律法。枯燥无味,难以理解。那就读新约吧,可能会好一点,结果,4本福音书,都是记录同样的事情,一遍又一遍。。。四遍!把我看睡着了一次又一次。读圣经太痛苦了。 我很佩服那些读了很多次,甚至能背诵圣经的人,我的内心深感惭愧。
然而, 当我看到这段经文,明白什么是爱,一切都变了。“不是我们爱上帝,而是上帝爱我们,差他的儿子为我们的罪作了赎罪祭;这就是爱。”(约翰一书4:10)
不是我们爱上帝,而是上帝爱我。 这才是爱。 上帝就是爱。而上帝爱我。 那圣经呢?是一本律法书吗?是一本历史书吗?不,它是一本爱的书,里面的每一个字,每一句话,都是上帝在告诉我,他爱我。 每一个故事,每一个细节都是在描述他是怎么的爱我,如何的爱我。从创造开始,给予,祝福, 忍耐,迁就,叹息,生气,关怀,警告,劝勉,点点滴滴都是爱,甚至神不满足于牧师的教导,他自己亲自住在我里面来教导。告诉我这里是什么意思,那里又是什么意思,给我很多启示。他就是这么的爱我。 这么的宠我。 现在,每一次我读圣经,都会看到神对我的爱,经常感动得流泪。从《创世纪》到《启示录》,不再是枯燥无味的文字,字字句句都是他的心意。我的主,真的是全心,全情,全意的爱着我。
接受他的爱,认识爱,被爱充满,才能去爱我身边的人。
圣经,是他写给我的一本情书。
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