109 LOVE ONE ANOTHER

 

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LOVE ONE ANOTHER

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To love is more than words, it is completely practical, hospitality, good deeds, taking care of the other, first and foremost those who are born again John 3. Our brothers and sisters in Jesus first.

John 13:34-35
Known in the story of the husband who addresses his wife while she is doing the dishes. He strokes his wife's hair and says gently and lovingly to her: I love you... The wife also answers back in gentle terms: Then take the dishcloth and help me dry off...

Love has many forms of expression, we all know that. But a love that is not expressed is empty and meaningless.

Just as a faith that is not expressed is empty and meaningless.
Jesus said to his disciples: A new commandment I give you:
LOVE ONE ANOTHER JUST AS I HAVE LOVED YOU. THE LOVE YOU HAVE
FOR ONE ANOTHER WILL SHOW THE WORLD THAT YOU ARE MY DISCIPLES.

So this is not an easy solution: “As much as I have loved you” – a love that is impossible to imitate and live up to from a human perspective. Yet Jesus gives us this instruction to follow.

“THE LOVE YOU HAVE FOR ONE ANOTHER WILL SHOW THE WORLD THAT YOU ARE MY DISCIPLES”
One of the great characteristics of being disciples of Jesus is that we live out this mutual love, and thereby show those around us that we are disciples of our Lord and Master, Jesus Christ!
The world around us is filled with hatred, war and violence and people seeking love in different ways and under different circumstances. A world without acceptance and love and forgiveness – a world where everyone is closest to themselves and the maker of their own happiness.

Jesus says that with our lives we must reflect that we have met LOVE and experienced LOVE – and are willing to share this LOVE with others.

May God help us to be aware of this commandment from Jesus in our time.
Then faith, hope and love remain these three, but the greatest of them is LOVE

The fruit of the Spirit of God’s love is not your own
amen