1 John 5 "And now, dear lady, I am not writing you a new command but one we have had from the beginning. I ask that we love one another."
Lord, this one command is threaded all through the scriptures, and especially in these letters from John. When You reiterate a theme as many times as I have read in these books, it ts VERY clear that You mean that we follow and willing obey this command. Is John writing this sentence here as a buffer to remind her because of what he has to write in the rest of this "postcard" so that she will recieve it in love and not let bitterness graw between them?
In any case, I know that the command is for me today. You want us to love one another unconditionally, even when it is hard, even when the other person is not acting in a loving way, even when it may cost me. To not love others in this way is sin, plain and simple, and I must confess my sin and repent. Lord, thank You for simplifying my life.
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