Comments on: Abide in My Love http://www.rachelstarrthomson.com/2010/03/abide-in-my-love/ Wed, 25 Jan 2012 17:24:23 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3 By: Elisabeth http://www.rachelstarrthomson.com/2010/03/abide-in-my-love/comment-page-1/#comment-17327 Elisabeth Tue, 23 Mar 2010 18:27:46 +0000 http://www.rachelstarrthomson.com/?p=962#comment-17327 I often think the "love one another" bit is (relatively) easy, but the "as I have loved you" bit is ... wow! It's something we can only do because of Him, but BECAUSE He commands us to do it, we must be ABLE to do it ... - what a call! I like the point you make in the last paragraph - and your conclusion: "... it’s love we freely choose. To lay down one’s life for a friend shows real love. And that’s the love Jesus is calling us to live by." I often think the “love one another” bit is (relatively) easy, but the “as I have loved you” bit is … wow! It’s something we can only do because of Him, but BECAUSE He commands us to do it, we must be ABLE to do it … – what a call!

I like the point you make in the last paragraph – and your conclusion:

“… it’s love we freely choose. To lay down one’s life for a friend shows real love. And that’s the love Jesus is calling us to live by.”

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