1 John 4:7 Dear friends, let us love one another, for love comes from God. Everyone who loves has been born of God and knows God.
What does it mean to love one another as Jesus loves us? Just thinking of His love for His disciples, that means guiding, instructing, forgiving, shielding, encouraging, not getting stuck in frustration, helping them see what they are capable of–even if they are hesitant or resistant. That’s a really high bar.
1 John 4:8 Whoever does not love does not know God, because God is love.
Sometimes loving one another just means being present, reminding others that Jesus is with them, loves them, even when life doesn’t make any sense. Sometimes it means giving others space or time to process and breathe when what you really want is connection.
1 John 4:9 This is how God showed his love among us: He sent his one and only Son into the world that we might live through him.
Lord, There are so many ways to show love for one another. Help me today to seek to show Your love to every person I meet. We all just want to feel loved, seen, accepted, Lord. Help me to be Your hands and feet and heart. Help me to love as You love. Amen.
1 John 4:10 This is love: not that we loved God, but that he loved us and sent his Son as an atoning sacrifice for our sins.
Have a blessed day.