A Very Good Year For Love
"Therefore you shall be perfect, just as your heavenly Father in heaven is perfect."
Matthew 5:48
According
to Jesus, being and behaving as our heavenly Father defines a very good
year of human life. Among the many perfect things the Father does
every year, the Father "makes His sun rise on the evil and the good, and
sends rain on the just and the unjust." In other words, He loves and is
generous to all mankind in very practical and life sustaining ways.
We
would all be wise to understand that the goal of our discipleship is to
perfect our love until it matches the Father's generous love. We are
all in this process of being perfected in love and this world is the
perfect place for training in love. We are surrounded every day by the
just and the unjust. We will not lack for opportunities to love in 2017.
No
matter how perfectly or imperfectly you loved this year, the Father
will not alter the goal of perfecting your love. The best thing we can
do to prepare for a good year of love is be honest about 2016 and pray
for the grace to love better in 2017. 2017 will be a great year to
abide in Christ as we remember without HIm we can do nothing.
Love
is not optional for us. We exist to love. A very good year is
measured by the quality of our love. May 2017 be our best year ever for
love.
Bud McCord
Abide International
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