“As the Father loves me, so I also love you. Remain in my love.
If you keep my commandments, you will remain in my love, just as I have kept my Father’s commandments and remain in his love. “I have told you this so that my joy may be in you and your joy may be complete. This is my commandment: love one another as I love you. *No one has greater love than this, to lay down one’s life for one’s friends. You are my friends if you do what I command you. I no longer call you slaves, because a slave does not know what his master is doing. I have called you friends,* because I have told you everything I have heard from my Father. It was not you who chose me, but I who chose you and appointed you to go and bear fruit that will remain, so that whatever you ask the Father in my name he may give you. This I command you: love one another.” – John 15:9-17
It is only through love, where we can live peacefully, dance joyfully, smile gracefully, laugh bountifully, and cry mercifully. Only through love will you experience God. When God commands us to love our neighbour and love even our enemies, He calls us to love this person because we love Him first. For God is love and He is enough. It is so simple, yet we tend to complicate it for ourselves. It is only through faith and trust in God to know that He has equipped us every day of our lives to go forth and to love our neighbour. Though our pride and selfishness may get in the way remember to humble your heart, and know that we are nothing without Christ. We are nothing without Love. “This I command you: love one another.”
Deo Gratias
