Love is something that everyone talks about and love is something that everyone needs. God created us with a need for love, both the love of God and the love of people.
Jesus provided us with an example of love in the words he spoke and the things he did. NIV John 15:12 My command is this: Love each other as I have loved you. Jesus is to be our example, we are to love others as He has loved us. You might say I thought we were talking about our need to be loved not about our loving others. Well, the two are intimately tied together. Jesus said in NIV Luke 6:31 Do to others as you would have them do to you. Why did He say that? He gave the Golden Rule because one of the laws of the spiritual universe is that you reap what you sow. As we give love to others, we will receive love in return. Our need for love will be met both from God and by people.
To hear more about this topic, listen to my August 14, 2005 message entitled What Does Love Look Like?