How We Know Love
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How do we know love? How do we respond to love?
Love is observable in how someone lives their life. Love requires a loving response.
The Apostle John wrote in his first letter, saying, “By this we know love, that he laid down his life for us, and we ought to lay down our lives for the brothers.” (1 John 3:16, ESV).
Jesus demonstrated his love for us by giving us his life for ours. Jesus laid down his life so that we could take up life.
This sacrificial love of Jesus invites us to lay down our own lives in love and in sacrificial service of others.
We know love because Jesus gave his life for us in love. We know love as we see love expressed as we lay our lives down for one another as Jesus did.
May we know the love of God and express the love of God as we lay down our lives in love.
A Collect for the Eve of Worship: “O God, the source of eternal light: Shed forth your unending day upon us who watch for you, that our lips may praise you, our lives may bless you, and our worship on the morrow give you glory; through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.” (Book of Common Prayer, 2019).
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