7 Dear friends, let us love one another, for love comes from God. Everyone who loves has been born of God and knows God. 8 Whoever does not love does not know God, because God is love. 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. 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. 11 Dear friends, since God so loved us, we also ought to love one another. 12 No one has ever seen God; but if we love one another, God lives in us and his love is made complete in us.
13 This is how we know that we live in him and he in us: He has given us of his Spirit. 14 And we have seen and testify that the Father has sent his Son to be the Savior of the world. 15 If anyone acknowledges that Jesus is the Son of God, God lives in them and they in God. 16 And so we know and rely on the love God has for us.
God is love. Whoever lives in love lives in God, and God in them. 17 This is how love is made complete among us so that we will have confidence on the day of judgment: In this world we are like Jesus. 18 There is no fear in love. But perfect love drives out fear, because fear has to do with punishment. The one who fears is not made perfect in love.
19 We love because he first loved us. 20 Whoever claims to love God yet hates a brother or sister is a liar. For whoever does not love their brother and sister, whom they have seen, cannot love God, whom they have not seen. 21 And he has given us this command: Anyone who loves God must also love their brother and sister.
– 1 John 4:7-21
It’s 1 : 16 PM on day 1063 of my journey towards independence and I’ve managed to brush my teeth, pray, read Ruth 1, publish my Disability of the Day feature, publish my Kid of the Week feature, go to church, feed myself boiled egg and All Bran Flakes for breakfast and tweet and Facebook about my campaign – no one donated so far today but I’m not worried I know God is working through me helping me reach this goal 🙂
Today at church our reverend talked about growing in love he said I’m paraphrasing Christian saints felt deeply loved by God and that caused them to love others that made sense God loves me not because of anything I did or didn’t do but just because why can’t I love other people the same way I am going to try that no matter what anybody does or doesn’t do I will love them like God loves me. Do you love others the way God loves you?