A Latte Love

A Latte Love!

God’s love has been poured into our hearts through the Holy Spirit who has been given 

to us. Romans 5:5

A Latte Love. Hot or iced, it’s a favorite on most coffee shop menus, and it’s at the heart of The Savior’s Grace Place Menu! Creamy and bold, with or without added flavor, my latte is loved … a lot. (Does that mean I have a lot of Latte Love?!) 

The Italian phrase, caffé latte, is translated literally “coffee & milk”. To make a hot latte, a shot of espresso is poured into steamed milk and the two marbleize as they mix. A barista may double as a latte artist, creating a masterpiece in the foam as one is poured into the other.

God’s Latte Love is poured into our hearts by the power of the Holy Spirit. He loves us … a lot. But maybe you don’t feel loved or loveable. Perhaps the world has led you to believe you must earn God’s love. Or maybe you’ve fallen for Satan’s lies and think that God’s love has limits.

His love knows no limits and has no end. We cannot earn it and don’t deserve it, but He lavishes it upon us anyway. While our feelings may betray us, God’s perfect Word never will. There we read that He so loved us that He gave His Son (John 3:16), who poured out His life as a sacrifice for our sins, filled us with faith, and gave us eternal life.

We are God’s creations, His masterpieces, created in Christ Jesus (Ephesians 2:10) according to His plan and His lavish love for us!

And this lavish love enables us to love others: “May the Lord make you increase and abound in love for one another and for all” (1 Thessalonians 3:12). By His grace, we can abound – overflow – in love for fellow believers … and for all. All? (Gulp) Even the unlovely woman who shouts insults at us in the latte line at the coffee shop? The misguided people in our midst who reject Christ and may even mistreat us? The family whose culture and values are so different from ours? You and I are to love all of these? Yes, and it’s possible only because He first loved us (1 John 4:19). The Gospel frees us and the Holy Spirit empowers us to share God’s Latte Love – the same love He first poured into us!

Dear God, Help me to remember that I am Your masterpiece! Because of Your redeeming love for me in Christ, I can overflow in love for others. Lead me to share the same love You’ve poured into me. In Jesus’ name. Amen.