To Love Like Jesus
"Dear friends, let us love one another, for love comes from God. Everyone who loves has been born of God and knows God. Whoever does not love does not know God, because God is love. 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. This is love: not that we loved God, but that He loved us and sent His Son as an atoning sacrifice for our sins. Dear friends, since God so loved us, we also ought to love one another. No one has ever seen God; but if we love one another, God lives in us and His love is made complete in us (1 John 4:7-12)." God doesn't just love, He is love. Whoever is in Him will have this same love for others. It is an agape love~an act of the will and involves faithfulness and commitment. It is a love that perseveres even when you are treated wrongly. It is a love that continues to love regardless of if another person loves you. Agape love is not an emotional...