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"We should love one another," 1 John 3:11.

Yes. We've heard that from the very start of it all. Why should we love one another? because that's what children of God do. They're lovers, like God. Compared to what? compared to children of the devil who do not love. They hate. And whoever hates his brother is a murderer. That's what it says. (Wait - I don't hate anybody! just some folks I don't like a whole lot.) So, instead, we love one another. And what does that look like? Like Jesus. He laid down his life for us. So that's what we do for each other. To a brother in need, we give a hand up. We love for real. Like Jesus. Not just endless debates about who the brother worthy of our help might really be. We love like that Samaritan over there.

We visit with a brother or sister today, transformed once again by God's powerful love demonstration in Jesus. And together we determine to love like him. And we give thanks.