Today's Daily Lesson comes from 1 John chapter 4 verses 16 through 19:
God is love, and those who abide in love abide in God, and God abides in them. 17Love has been perfected among us in this: that we may have boldness on the day of judgement, because as he is, so are we in this world. 18There is no fear in love, but perfect love casts out fear; for fear has to do with punishment, and whoever fears has not reached perfection in love. 19We love because he first loved us.
At Second Baptist our motto is "2B: Loved, Light, & One." People are always trying to correct "Loved" to "Love", but it's "Loved". It's 2B Loved because you can't be love without first being loved.
The most loving people I know are people who themselves know that they are deeply loved. They have been loved by God and by God with skin on (other people) and they have accepted this love. They have been loved and allowed themselves to accept that love. They have embraced and been embraced by that love. As today's Lesson says, they "abide" in love. This means they live and breath and have their being in love.
We ask one another: "Are you in love?" And the answer for some is, "Yes. I am always, always in love."
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