My Niece Reminds Me

We can only love by ABIDING in God. John 15 teaches us this. In verse 5 Jesus says, "apart from me you can do nothing." We can do (or have) no good thing without Him [I Samuel 12:21]. In the great analogy of the vine and the branches, we are told we are the branches and He is the vine. We have to stay in Him and His love (verse 9 and 10). He again commands us, in verse 12 and later in 17, to love each other. He even tells us how: AS I HAVE LOVED YOU. This is a tall order. This is a huge responsibility. He died on a cross in love for us. How am I going to die today to love others?