Love One Another

Love One Another

"Dear friends, since God so loved us, we also ought to love one another."
1st John 4:11

The only way to love one another is to first love God, and experience His love in our hearts. We must learn to accept the love that God has for us, and realize the abundance of it. If we rely on God's love, we find that He has an endless supply. When we try to love other people with our own supply of love, it runs out quickly. It is very difficult to extend love to others, particularly when they have offended us or hurt us. If someone tells a lie about you that ruins your reputation, so often it is hard to love them, as the lie keeps recurring in situations and being brought to the front. You may be able to think you have forgiven them, but each time the consequence of the lie surfaces, it opens the wound again. You may know down deep in your heart that you need to forgive, and love the person that told the lie about you, but you just can't do it on your own. That's when it's so important to lean on God, and borrow some of His love. I know that many of you may have people in your lives today, that have hurt you in some way, and you are having a difficult time forgiving them and moving on with your life, but you cannot keep this buried and expect to receive all of God's love in your own life. You must put aside all the emotions and feelings that you have about that person, and look at the big picture, which is that in Heaven there is not going to be any grudges, no anger, no strife, no hatred and no unforgiveness. It is important to love our enemies. We should do good and pray for them. In doing so, you can change them and also change yourselves, by loving them.