“It’s from the overflow that we love people, and we also learn from the overflow.” 

I heard this quote a while ago at a church conference and have held onto it in my notes app for so long. 

And if you think like me then your first thought is, what is the overflow, and where do I find it?

Well, the overflow is the overflow. 

It’s exactly what it sounds like. It’s an overflow of the love from the Lord 

Because of this overflow of love, we can love people too. And in that same overflow, we can learn so much. 

It is simply the overflow of the abounding grace and love and goodness from God. He loves us so much, He shows us how to love, so we can love too.

We can learn how to love people the right way, the selfless way, the Godly way. 

We can learn how to be gracious, and kind, and humble, and meek. 

So learn from the overflow! Learn from the love of God, learn to use the overflow of His love to love people. 

“We love because he first loved us.”

1 John 4:19