IN HIS LOVE

John 15:17
This I command you: love one another.
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When someone says "I love you" it could mean many different things. The first is the “IF” kind of love – “I will love you IF you do things the way I want.” This is a selfish love because it is solely based upon future expectations. This is the childish love we are all born with. It is a worldly love of natural instincts. We need to mature out of the “IF” kind of love!

The second one is “BECAUSE OF” kind of love – “I love you because you are beautiful, or because you are popular.” This kind of love is not in tune with reality when it demands that things stay the same in an ever changing world. It is full of doubts and fears for what tomorrow might bring.

The third one is “IN SPITE OF” kind of love – “I love you in spite of your faults.” True love is unconditional. It is the love that God loves us with. It is an enduring love that doesn't even keep a score card. It will always be there tomorrow regardless of what we have done today.

God demonstrates His own love toward us, in that while we were yet sinners, Christ died for us. Christ didn't die for us BECAUSE we were very good and worth dying for. Rather He died for us in SPITE OF the fact we were worthless sinners. This is the same love that God want us to show and give to others. To love another selflessly is a lasting treasure of infinite greatness and one that continues to grow and expand through the years. Even if we suffer catastrophe, the love we have been given and the love we have shown can never be taken away from us. We have loved, and we continue to love for our Father IS LOVE. And this is the same love we have to give.

God, my Father, may I love You in all things and above all things.
May I reach the joy which You have prepared for me in Heaven. Place in my heart a desire to please You and fill my mind with thoughts of Your Love, so that I may grow in Your Wisdom and enjoy Your Peace.

“Make my love for others be greater by far, led by the Spirit,
Inspired of God, as forgiving as Jesus...and free.”

Praise, you servants of the LORD, praise the name of the LORD.