When You Lead With Love, God Refills What Life Pours Out
Love is the supreme Christian virtue. Out of every other spiritual practice or gift, it is the priority in how we show up in this human world. It is all that matters, in the end.
When we truly love others deeply as the Scripture instructs, our love expands in all dimensions and capacities. At times, our love is intense and earnest. In other moments, our love is pure and compassionate. But throughout each expression of love, we are simultaneously forgiving and offering grace toward others’ failures or shortcomings. It is in that place where we understand what true love looks and feels like.
Above all, love each other deeply, because love covers over a multitude of sins.
1 Peter 4:8
True, unconditional love enables selfless forgiveness—where we release the guilt and shame from others, especially when they don’t feel deserving of it. It allows us to maturely reconcile broken relationships, knowing that we all sin, including ourselves, and sometimes being the bigger person is what deepens our bonds. This is the true power of love—it heals, it mends, it restores all broken relationships and hearts.
Loving one another brings to life God’s love for us and our love for others, as it is in those moments where we feel God pulsating in the middle of each of our relationships. How can we foster deeper love in our relationships? We accept people for who they are. We forgive them honestly for their sins. We cultivate grace when people fail us. But above all, we remind ourselves that love is the greatest force that can ‘cover over a multitude of sins,’ not by hiding or ignoring wrongdoing, but by creating a path to healing and restoration that might otherwise seem impossible.
True love, as modeled by God, carries the power to heal, forgive, and transform. His love covers a multitude of sins, extending mercy even when we don’t deserve it. Yet as human beings, we often struggle to reflect that same love toward others—especially when hurt, disappointment, or resentment take root in our hearts.
Choosing to love deeply means committing to forgiveness and compassion, even when it feels difficult. It requires a willingness to release bitterness and see others through the lens of grace. When we prioritize love above all else, our relationships begin to mend, and our hearts become lighter. In this way, deep love becomes both a reflection of God’s nature and a pathway to peace, reminding us that the closer we align our love with His, the more healing and wholeness we bring into the world.
Karin Hadadan, best-selling author of Beauty in the Stillness, writes about the power of love and its role in deepening our faith.
