Little children, I’m writing to you because your sins have been forgiven through Jesus’ name. Parents, I’m writing to you because you have known the one who has existed from the beginning. Young people, I’m writing to you because you have conquered the evil one. Little children, I write to you because you know the Father. Parents, I write to you because you have known the one who has existed from the beginning. Young people, I write to you because you are strong, the word of God remains in you, and you have conquered the evil one. Don’t love the world or the things in the world. If anyone loves the world, the love of the Father is not in them. Everything that is in the world—the craving for whatever the body feels, the craving for whatever the eyes see and the arrogant pride in one’s possessions—is not of the Father but is of the world. And the world and its cravings are passing away, but the person who does the will of God remains forever. (1 John 2:12-17, CEB)
The world and its cravings are passing away.
The person who does the will of God remains forever.
The will of God is for us to love. Love like Jesus.
Love neighbor, love God, love regardless of how we feel about the matter.
We do not get to choose who gets love or how much love, or even what kind of love.
Some will say tough love is what some people need, and who decides that?
Not you. If anyone makes that choice it is God and maybe, just maybe you loving the person you think doesn’t deserve love is God’s way of giving you tough love.
Love. Because that’s what God said to do.
Loving People. Loving God.
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