My mind settled again on 1st John 421 today where it says,
And this commandment we have from him, that the one who loves God should love
his brother also. Jesus really desired for us to love other Christians and
really other people in our lives the way God loves us. It's a challenging
standard really when you think about how awesome God's love is, but this much is
for sure. He told us with no uncertainty that we ought to love our brother, love
our neighbor, love others in our lives as God loves us. It does say specifically
brother there. Here's a basic overarching command for Christian brothers to
follow. God loves us. He shows us the riches of His grace and mercy and as a
natural extension of that love, He flows through us to love others. I find in
myself a need to get it all right. I desire to reach new heights in Jesus, but
then I screw it up all again. God help me love others so that I can truly be what
you have made me to be, yours. If you're enjoying these encouragement calls, let
me give you a blessing you might share with someone else. If you know someone
who needs these encouragement calls, you can have them text, hashtag that's the
number sign, hashtag lift me up, all one word, lift me up, L-I-F-T-M-E-U-P, lift me
up, hashtag lift me up to 22300. So as if 22300 was the phone number, you put
that in and then type hashtag lift me up and that person will be added to these
encouragement calls as long as there's room, which right now we don't have a
waiting list, but there's not a lot of room. But if you know somebody you think
would be blessed, share it with them. And if I don't talk to you again before then,
I'm sure I will marry you.