May 2026
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"Just as the Father loves Me, I also have loved you.” In this way, we see how, with parental love, God is also the source of the love he gives to us. In the same way that God invites us into (and through) his love to give love to others, it is through God's love we can love with Christ's love and therefore know the true beauty of the other person – even when they don't see it in themselves. In loving others with Christ's love, we receive the gift of God's love through our lives, and we become sources of God's love for others. The invitation to abide in my love is an invitation from God to allow Him to see our spouse, children, and anyone else in life just as He sees them. So, as we come to know God's love for us, we find it easier to do what He commands us to do. Each time we obey His commands, we are saying,yes” to God and everyone around us. When we live out our lives in this way, we will produce the joy of Christ Jesus in us, which can only be experienced when there is pure love between two people.
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When Jesus said, "whoever sees me has seen the Father," he opened up to us the greatest mystery of our faith: the Trinity. God (the Father) is not off in the heavens hiding amongst the clouds. He fully reveals himself through His Son (Jesus), and when Jesus speaks, the words He speaks have been spoken by the Father who dwells in Him.
This is who God (In three persons of the Trinity) is perfect communion of love, so that the Father’s in the Son, the Son’s in the Father, and the Holy Spirit (which is the love between them) is given out to us. We were created for more than just standing outside this great mystery and looking at it from the outside; we were created to be part of it. We will only come to the Father through Christ, by the means of the Holy Spirit, thus we will become part of the communion of love within the Saint Trinity (which we will call home). |
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When the things of this world are in place, then we can feel peace. And once something in that world changes, we lose that peace. But Jesus promises a different kind of peace definitly not like the peace this world provides. His peace is not movable based on the condition or circumstance you may be in. His peace remains consistent no matter how close a storm is or how bad the storm is. The disciples had just listened to these words from Jesus when their world was about to turn upside down. It was at that very moment Jesus told them to not be afraid. Because true peace does not come from the lack of difficulties, but from the presence of Someone greater than the difficulties. So when you feel troubled, remember these words. When you feel afraid, remember who is with you. You are not required to understand everything or control every situation. Just continue to trust and be at peace, do not be afraid.
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This statement, "We will come to him and make our home with him," always makes me think. God is not telling us that He is going to show us a great event or send us some type of message from above, but rather He's telling us that He wants to come live with us. This is completely different than someone that is just visiting you.
A visitor comes to your house for a short period of time, maybe you will share some tea together, talk and then they go. The person that lives at your house sees all of the drawers and cupboards that have been cleaned out for their visit and they see what is hiding in the closet. This is why Jesus refers to those who love Him as those who will keep His word because a loving relationship with Him goes beyond sharing on Sunday — it means that you will love Him so much that you will make a place for Him every day even if He is not in your house. |
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