Love God with Heart, Soul and Strength - Deuteronomy 6

S - Deuteronomy 6:4 “Listen, O Israel! The Lord is our God, the Lord alone.[a] 5 And you must love the Lord your God with all your heart, all your soul, and all your strength. 6 And you must commit yourselves wholeheartedly to these commands that I am giving you today. 7 Repeat them again and again to your children. Talk about them when you are at home and when you are on the road, when you are going to bed and when you are getting up. 8 Tie them to your hands and wear them on your forehead as reminders. 9 Write them on the doorposts of your house and on your gates.
O - The Israelites were to follow the commands of the Lord and talk about them all the time and remind themselves about them frequently. This is because they were to love the Lord with all of their heart, soul and strength.
A - I've read and repeated this verse, "love the Lord your God with all your heart, all your soul, and all your strength", many times. But what does it really mean to love this way? To start with strength, the following verses show what loving with all your strength means. It means to commit wholeheartedly to His commands as this is what we actually can do for Him. It takes a lot of "strength" to repeat them over and over and to talk about them everywhere you go and write them on yourself and your house. To love with all your heart to me means that the love is so overpowering that the one being loved is put in higher regard than even ones self. John 15:13 says "There is no greater love than to lay down one’s life for one’s friends." And finally, to love with all your soul; what does this mean? I'm not altogether sure on this. My thought is that my soul needs to be so filled with the Holy Spirit that my inner thoughts and feelings are no longer my own but God's. Loving God in these three ways is what I want to do and to teach my children and others around me to do as this will bring peace, joy and wisdom into my life daily and it will impact others for His kingdom. P - God, I am so sorry for the times that I have not loved you with all my heart, soul and strength. I thank you for your forgiveness and I ask for your wisdom and understanding to be flowing through me every single minute of everyday so that I can think and be more like you. Help me to talk about you more often and more opening to not only my family but to also those around me that I think don't know you. I pray for your healing power over this house and everyone in it and I pray for your blessings as well.