Let Love Broke Through

I heard someone say “Summer is here”! I didn’t correct him, but I know that summer doesn’t officially begin until Sunday, June 21, 2026.

Oh, but bring on summer -- longer days, brighter skies, neighbors out walking. There's something about a new season that makes us hope for fresh beginnings.

What if this summer became a season of love breaking through?

Not the sentimental kind of love we find in greeting cards or old songs. I’m talking about the life-changing, world-shaking love of God.

“For God so loved the world that He gave His one and only Son…” (John 3:16)

Love broke through.

It broke through heaven and entered a broken world. It broke through sin, shame, fear, and hopelessness. It broke through the darkness of a tomb and brought resurrection life.

And amazingly, that love reached you and me.

Now here’s where Jesus turns our thinking upside down. He didn’t just tell us to love people who are easy to love. He said:

“But I say to you, love your enemies and pray for those who persecute you.” (Matthew 5:44)

Honestly, that sounds impossible. Love those who hurt us? Pray for those who criticize us? Bless those who wound us?

Not in our own strength.

But when God’s love fills our hearts, something remarkable happens. We begin to see people through His eyes. The sharp edges of bitterness begin to soften. The urge to get even gives way to the desire to show grace.

As Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. wisely said, “Hate cannot drive out hate; only love can do that.”

Jesus proved it. He was rejected, mocked, beaten, and crucified. Yet from the cross He prayed for those who harmed Him.

That kind of love still changes lives today.

Maybe the breakthrough our world needs isn’t another argument, another opinion, or another angry facial expression. Maybe it’s believers who choose love over resentment, prayer over retaliation, and grace over grudges.

So today, let’s pray:

Lord, let Your love break through our hearts, our homes, our communities, and our world. Teach us to love as You love. Shine Your light into every dark place and draw people to Yourself. Amen.

I’m praying for love to break through. Will you join me? ❤️