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True LovePosted Sep-12-07 06:13:53 PDT My command is this: Love each other as I have loved you. Greater love has no one than this, that he lay down his life for his friends.
John 15:12-13
We are to love each other as Jesus loved us, and he loved us enough to give his life for us. We may not have to die for someone, but there are other ways to practice sacrificial love: listening, helping, encouraging, giving. Think of someone in particular who needs this kind of love today. Give all the love you can, then try to give a little more.
This command becomes very challenging to us when we have been wronged by someone we love; by someone who is supposed to love us in return. But we have to remember that Jesus placed no conditions within this command. He just says, "Love each other as I have loved you." When we are faced with loving others who have wronged us in some way, we have to remember that God chose us, and not the other way around. Then we have to ask ourselves, "Why does God love me? Was it something I did? Is it because I am so loveable?" The answer to both of the latter questions is an unequivocal "No." God loves us because it is His nature to do so. He loves us in spite of the fact that most of us act in ways that are considered "unlovable" by most. Yet, God continues to love us, in spite of everything. If we are to become more like Him, we must learn to love each other in the same way. Not because they deserve it, but because that is who God is and that is who God wants us to be.
God Bless you,
JH
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