Love
Each Other.
Just
As I Have Loved You,
You
Should Love Each Other.
Scripture
John
13
34 So now I
am giving you a new commandment: Love each other. Just as I have
loved you, you should love each other.
Observation
Loving
your wife, loving your husband, loving your children, loving your
grandchildren, loving your brothers and loving your sisters, none of
those are options for us as followers of Jesus Christ.
Jesus
commands us to love!
Isn't
it interesting that we have to be commanded by God to love people!
Jesus
was only a few hours away from being nailed to a cross and yet He
wanted to drive home this most important lesson before spikes were
driven into His hands and into His feet and a sword was thrust into
His side.
Proof
of how much I love Jesus Christ is shown by how much I love Kathy
Williams, my family, and all the other people that God has brought
into my life!
Marriage
and all relationships take a lot of work.
We
are commanded to love the people that God has brought into our lives
with God's love - “Agape love”.
This
love is not an emotion. God's love is a commitment. It is
unconditional!
In
marriage “I love you” really means:
“I
promise to be there for you all of my days.” It is a promise that
says, “I will be there when you lose your job, your health, your
parents, your looks, your confidence, your friends. It is a promise
that tells your partner, I’ll build you up; I will overlook your
weaknesses; I’ll forgive your mistakes; I’ll put your needs above
my own; I’ll stick by you when the going gets tough.”
1
Corinthians 13
Love
is patient and kind. Love is not jealous or boastful or proud [5] or
rude. Love does not demand its own way. Love is not irritable, and it
keeps no record of when it has been wronged. [6] It is never glad
about injustice but rejoices whenever the truth wins out. [7] Love
never gives up, never loses faith, is always hopeful, and endures
through every circumstance.
Application
I
will practice loving people as spelled out in John 13:34-35 and 1
Corinthians 13. How about you?
Prayer
Heavenly
Father, during my 48 years of marriage, You know better than anyone
else that the roughest times between me and Kathy were because of my
selfishness. And our best times have been when we have loved each
other selflessly! As long as I put Kathy's needs above my own things
are good. So help me to always keep You first. Help me to keep Kathy
always second in my life. Help me to remember to keep Eddy number #3!
I want to finish well.
Daily
Bible Reading: John 12,13,14
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