My command unto you is this: Love each other as I have loved you.
John 15:12 (NIV)
It is good to remind ourselves from time to time on our journey that God has tasked us with loving each other the same way he loves us. It is a nice sentiment, but it raises the question, just how does he love us? Already we know he loves us freely. Yet, perhaps the most astounding way he loves is permanently. Therefore, we will know we love like him when our love becomes an unshakable faith in another and an impenetrable strength defending what God brings together. We will know when our love produces an unquenchable desire for the other's good, a bottomless pit of patience, and an ocean of forgetfulness. Most of all, our love will always be there waiting, desperately needing to be used up, yet mysteriously never running dry.
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