Love one another and be Happy.
It's as simple and as difficult as that!
In 1 John 4:8 we learn that God is Love. The grand motive for all that He does is the perfect, selfless love He has for each of us. He loves us without condition or qualification.
And God said, Let us make man in our image, after our own likeness.
Knowing this helps us to understand that not only do we look like Him, we also have His likeness within us. Peter refers to this as our "divine nature". (See 2 Peter 1:4-8) Each of us has the opportunity to develop these godly qualities if we will but seek and search for Him with all of our hearts. Knowing that God is Love, helps us to understand that this same quality is a fundamental thread in the fabric of our souls.
If we love one another, God dwelleth in us, and his love is perfected in us. 1 John 4:12
As we become more loving and our focus turns outward, our hearts become a warm and safe dwelling place for His spirit. We experience His love in new and deeper ways. We are able to receive His love more perfectly and in turn extend His love to all with whom we associate.
Love is the guiding light that illuminates the disciple's path and fills our daily walk with life, meaning and wonder.
Love is the way of the disciple.
Next week we will look at Mark 2: 1-12
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