August 29, 2023: Love One Another

"And now I ask you, dear lady—not as though I were writing you a new commandment, but the one we have had from the beginning—that we love one another." (2 John 5, ESV)

The late comedian, Robin Williams, said, "I used to think the worse thing in life was to end up alone. The worse thing in life is to end up with people who make you feel alone."

O' that we all would be filled with His love fresh again today! Jesus, pour out your love, on us, brand new today! May this be a day that we see new mercies and love others accordingly! Lord, may there never be a person in our lives that we make feel alone!
    
We can never underestimate the power of loving one another! Love has the power to heal! The power to heal marriages, families, communities, and churches. Love brings hope where there is no hope. Love breaks the spirit of loneliness and sets the captive free! Love takes the one who lives in isolation and places them in families. Love covers a multitude of sins making restoration possible. Love brings in the outcast and decimates rejection. Love is what brings people together and keeps people together over time. Love covers a multitude of sins! It makes our relationship with God a living reality!
    
When John says, "Love one another!" He is looking back at the point where he personally received from Jesus the command: Love one another. And it still stands today! Therefore, love one another.