tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4192039938269070075.post328009694538607082..comments2023-05-18T03:07:20.687-07:00Comments on EPPUR SI MUOVE: FINDING A NEW BOATmyselfhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05543735896855652118noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4192039938269070075.post-49184306468777512342015-10-29T08:15:00.498-07:002015-10-29T08:15:00.498-07:00Beloved, let us love one another: for love is of G...Beloved, let us love one another: for love is of God; and every one that loveth is born of God, and knoweth God.<br /><br />He that loveth not knoweth not God; for God is love.<br /><br />In this was manifested the love of God toward us, because that God sent his only begotten Son into the world, that we might live through him.<br /><br />Herein is love, not that we loved God, but that he loved us, and sent his Son to be the propitiation for our sins.<br /><br />Beloved, if God so loved us, we ought also to love one another. . . .<br /><br />. . . God is love; and he that dwelleth in love dwelleth in God, and God in him. . . .<br /><br />We love him, because he first loved us.<br /><br />If a man say, I love God, and hateth his brother, he is a liar: for he that loveth not his brother whom he hath seen, how can he love God whom he hath not seen?<br /><br />And this commandment have we from him, That he who loveth God love his brother also. [1 John 4:7–11, 16, 19–21]<br /><br />God loves us because we are His children and we are of infinite worth. Because He loves us and has blessed us with His grace, we are commanded to see all others as children of God and to love them—to love our brothers and sisters. This epistle calls us out for our potential hypocrisy: if we say we love God but then demean others, we do not really love God because such love would banish ill will from our hearts. As we read in John, “For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life” (John 3:16). “God so loved the world”—not parts of the world or certain people living in this world, but the whole world—that he gave us His Son, which was a huge sacrifice on His part. And in return He asks that we sacrifice our petty divisions, toxic sectarianism, and false hierarchies of value to recognize the worth of each human being and child of God.<br /><br />The why of loving is clear—the how is sometimes less so. Loving all of God’s children requires humility and a desire to do so. It means that we have to shift how we look at others so that we no longer see people as demographics but as children of God. This does not come easily or right away but requires persistence and hard work. Sometimes we may fail, but if we do we must forgive ourselves and try again as we strive to become better disciples.<br />speeches.byu.edu Kristin L Matthews<br /><br />What a blessing that you have such a strong desire to love others as God loves them.loveoneanotherhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01911497894298077640noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4192039938269070075.post-7722922735239558742015-10-21T14:12:15.544-07:002015-10-21T14:12:15.544-07:00Powerful, Bruce. Wish I could have been there; it ...Powerful, Bruce. Wish I could have been there; it sounds amazing.Bobbihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00578843390771688095noreply@blogger.com