I have been doing a reading of John with my family and thought perhaps it might be nice to share what I have been doing for them at this blogspot as well. So here goes and I welcome any and everyone's comments as we seek to serve God faithfully and learn about who He is.
John 13: 1-17
I have been reading about love lately and some of the stuff I have read is about the fact that Jesus IS love. We so often just think of it as a feeling but when you start thinking of it as Jesus, it kind of changes your thinking. Often we think to love someone is to make things better for them, yet Jesus didn't always do that. Think of the story of Lazarus' death (John 11). Jesus knew Mary and Martha were hurting and we know Jesus loved them but even though He could have gone immediately to heal Lazarus, Jesus didn't. Would we describe that as love? Probably not but when we know that Jesus IS love we learn a bit more about love in that instance and this one above. Love isn't always about making people feel better immediately so maybe this might help us feel less guilty about not doing something for someone. We all have to set God-fearing boundaries and respect others boundaries.
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