There are days when words seem very meaningless. Words are at the same time the most powerful and mundane form of communication that we possess and use. Words aid communication but communication is not limited to words.
What am I really trying to say?
Too often we settle for telling people...telling them things, ideas, emotions.
But isn't "I love you" better felt than heard?
Sure, when someone confesses their love to you for the first time it seems like time and space have just stopped and all is right with the world.
But every moment after we yearn to feel the proof of the words spoken to us. We deeply desire to trust them at their word. And its the coming to the point of trusting words that makes the most difference in all our relationships - especially with those closest to us.
How you act, the attitudes of our heart, the courage of difficult communication - all play a role in determining how much you mean the words use say.
In the beginning of John's story about Jesus he says this, "For God so loved the world that he gave his only son." By the end of John's story about Jesus we find the given Son on a cross suffering and dying to showcase that love.
Needless to say the actions back up the sentiment. Therefore we can trust God's statement of "I love you" because he did much to back it up.
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