Sunday December 19 Love I John 4:7-12
Beloved,
let us love one another, because love is from God; everyone who loves is born
of God and knows God. Whoever does not love does not know God, for God is love.
God’s love was revealed among us in this way: God sent his only Son into the
world so that we might live through him. In this is love, not that we loved God
but that he loved us and sent his Son to be the atoning sacrifice for our sins.
Beloved, since God loved us so much, we also ought to love one another. No one
has ever seen God; if we love one another, God lives in us, and his love is
perfected in us.
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In the 60’s Charlie and I were in
college and involved in the Lutheran Student Federation in NYC.
Love and Peace were certainly in the
air in the 60’s.
We often sang songs on Retreats, one
of them being “They’ll Know we are Christians by Our Love”. This song resonated
with me and at our wedding friends of ours sang it. I always hope that the
words in the song, like the words in the verses for today would lead me to have
God’s love lead me to love those who I meet.
Prayer: May God’s love lead you and me
to love others. And may we sing:
We will work with each other; we will
work side by side
We will work with each other; we will
work side by side
And we’ll guard each man’s dignity and
save each man’s pride
And they’ll know we are Christians by
our love
Yeah, they’ll know we are Christians
by our love
Irene
Germain
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