PENnED

Read: 1 John 4:7-21

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.

If asked  if we love God, most of us, if not all, would quickly say, “I do.” But I doubt if we can say the same when asked about a sister or brother in Christ or anyone, that we don’t like. But the fact that we are commanded to love, including those that are a pain to us, implies that God will enable us to do it. What can also help us do it is thinking about how God loves us despite what we are.

Loving is not always easy, but if we love God, we must  keep doing it.