~~~ Fifth Sunday of Easter ~~~
~~~ Acts of the Apostles 14:21-27 ~~~ Psalm 145 ~~~
~~~ Revelation 21:1-5A ~~~ John 13:31-33A, 34-35 ~~~
I give you a new commandment:
love one another.
As I have loved you,
so you also should love one another.
Jesus left us with this single important
commandment to love.
We just cannot seem to keep his one request.
Every time we try
we close off parts of our heart.
Each time we try to love we let
our emotions take charge.
Too often we make excuses for who we love...
and who we do not love.
Yes, we make decisions about who not to love.
We may even be someone who is
not loved by someone.
To love one another as Jesus commanded
is not about feelings.
Jesus is compassionate...just...all loving.
God gave Moses the ten commandments
written on stone tablets.
Jesus gives one commandment so profound
it over shadowed the previous ten.
If we could love as Jesus wants us to love
the other commandments would be so much easier to keep.
“It is necessary for us to undergo many hardships
to enter the kingdom of God.”
There are many types of hardships we could discuss.
Let's consider the hardships connected with love.
It is a hardship to have your love rejected.
It is a hardship to have your love ignored.
It is a hardship to have your love minimized...ridiculed.
It is a hardship to discover your love has been betrayed.
Our personal hardships just might be prepping
us to be completely overwhelmed
by the love Jesus has for us.
No matter how much we try to love
the pure love of
the kingdom of heaven
is boundless.
Every day we must ask Jesus
to teach us how to keep his commandment of Love.
How do we learn to love better?
The more we practice loving without judging
the better we will be prepared to enter
the kingdom of heaven.
When we love
then even our hardships will be less painful.
Hardships can attract more and more
love if we let them.
Be Blessed in Love every day.
~~~Peace~~~
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