More Love-More Real, More Real-More Love

What is real? Do you ever wonder if something is truly real? Can real things become more real? In More Love-More Real More Real-More Love, we will explore answers to the question. The exploration will begin with excerpts from a popular old children’s story, The Velveteen Rabbit. The story connects a relationship between love and becoming real. We see in this imaginative story how a little boy’s love for his stuffed bunny results in the bunny becoming real. In More Love-More Real More Real-More Love, we move on to explore the relationship between love and real as they increase. More love moves to more real. More real moves to more love. Thus, a progression is established. These concepts are applied to a Jesus follower’s relationship with the Lord Jesus. We look at relevant factors such as time spent with Jesus and increased knowledge about who He is and what He has done. How do these factors increase love and awareness of Jesus being more real? We make the case that as Jesus becomes more real, we love Him more. We love because he first loved us (1 John 4:19). May God give you more and more grace and peace as you grow in your knowledge of God and Jesus our Lord (2 Peter 1-2). Dr. Daniel has a website: https://adventuresinbiblicalthinking.home.blog/ where he posts short articles about adventure in Biblical thinking. Please feel free to subscribe. All Scripture quotations, unless otherwise indicated, are taken from the Holy Bible, New International Version®, NIV®. Copyright ©1973, 1978, 1984, 2011 by Biblica, Inc.™ Used by permission of Zondervan. All rights reserved worldwide. www.zondervan.com The “NIV” and “New International Version” are trademarks registered in the United States Patent and Trademark Office by Biblica, Inc.™