Jesus gave us a new commandment: ‘That ye love one another.’ He expects us to obey it. To many of us, it may seem new, and to some, entirely new. What it means can be understood only through experience—by living in obedience to this word and seeing its power within our lives.
Love for one another is the stage of faith at which I witness not only how my love for my neighbor influences him, but also become the object of my friend’s love and feel within my own heart the touch of heavenly Agape upon the strings of my soul.
Love for one another is a mutual exchange of the finest attitude imaginable—one formed in the depths of God’s heart so that it may afterward become humanity’s possession.
Love for one another is an invitation for God to enter our fellowship and permission for our wills to become channels of God’s grace toward us.
Love for one another is the most beautiful feeling and the most amazing relationship between two people who can share the most precious treasures of their souls without fear of being ridiculed or misunderstood.
Love for one another is childlike trust and complete sincerity within a relationship in which I am not ashamed to be myself and can freely share with my friend what fills my heart, while seeing exactly the same openness from him.
Love for one another is a tender, mutual touch upon the most distant corners of our hearts and a deep immersion into a friend’s soul, so that at the depth we have reached we may discover new mysteries within it that we never even imagined.
Love for one another is comprehending something great and inaccessible whose existence you did not know about, but which you now possess within your life. You cannot believe that you have become the owner of such a wonderful discovery, which is now your eternal possession.
Love for one another is the highest-quality life imaginable. It is so beautiful that its very existence is difficult to believe. Yet it exists, and it exists within your life.
Love for one another is the continual mutual discovery of new qualities and the joyful sharing of them. These discoveries never cease to amaze us as they reveal how interesting we are.
Love for one another is the visible fruit of the Holy Spirit, which can be tasted at any time while enjoying the fragrance of eternal life and being filled with power from Above for new love.
Love for one another is the fullest revelation of all the beauty of eternal life that we possess through faith in Jesus and that becomes within us a living spring satisfying our thirst.
Love for one another is something of which we can never have too much, but which we may enjoy in any quantity and at any time without risking disgust from an abundance of positive emotions.
Love for one another is the natural condition of the soul of a person who has finally returned to the Creator’s original design—the design violated in Eden, but now being restored within our lives and returning us to harmony with God.
Love for one another is continual, natural thought about the happiness of a friend who is constantly occupied with thinking about your happiness and doing everything possible so that you will be happy with him.
Love for one another is pure thoughts, pure relationships, pure and right motives, pure and holy conduct, and pure fellowship about pure subjects.
Love for one another is the complete acceptance of another person into your life and a profound mutual knowledge that enables us continually to rejoice in the new discoveries of our exploration and enrich one another through them.
Love for one another is God’s blessing, which with unchanging constancy enriches each one of us and the Lord Himself and adds no sorrow with it.
Love for one another is genuine love for one’s neighbor, which reveals itself naturally and does not attempt to play a role.
Love for one another is you and I, united by God so that within this union of love we may never be separated again, but may develop our relationship throughout our earthly lives and take it with us into Eternity, so that after endlessly long years we may understand the simple truth that love never fails.
Love for one another is what many people do not possess in their lives, although they think they live within it without even attempting to understand what it is or whether they possess it.
Love for one another is the finest heavenly relationship given to human beings for a deeper knowledge of God from within themselves. It is also a unique opportunity to allow Heaven to know us through the beauty of new discoveries in our character and the unique qualities of our souls, into which angels desire to look.
Love for one another is heavenly harmony within a relationship that shows us the beauty of heavenly life even now.
Love for one another is profound esteem, respect, and sensitivity toward each other’s lives. It is joy and mutual acceptance.
Love for one another is God’s presence within every action, thought, and feeling, producing an almighty creative power that rapidly and mightily changes and transforms everything and everyone around us.
Love for one another is an abundance of the fruit of the Holy Spirit through which the Father is glorified within our relationship.
Love for one another is the healing of the soul and the restoration of God’s image within us after the likeness of His beloved Son.
Love for one another is complete freedom to choose how to build a relationship, when and how often to interact, what to do, how long to communicate, and what to discuss.
Love for one another is the construction of the strongest relationship upon the firmest Foundation, Who is Jesus.
Love for one another is a beautiful foundation for starting a family, if the status of both friends permits it and their interest in one another opens their hearts to closer possibilities within the boundaries of God’s law.
Love for one another is love and friendship even within family relationships, binding husband and wife together into one whole and complete person.
Love for one another is God’s plan for the last days, revealed to those who have entered this path.
Love for one another is something entirely new, delightful, unusual, interesting, entertaining, fascinating, right, and blessed from Above.
Love for one another is the natural way of thinking of a righteous person who, while beholding God’s glory, is changed into the same image from glory to glory.
Love for one another is the successful burial of the old man and victory over my selfishness.
Love for one another is not only you, me, and the two of us together, but also new friends for new relationships and new discoveries.
Love for one another is natural happiness of heavenly origin that accompanies us in all our daily activities.
Love for one another is making new plans each day for a friend’s happiness and successfully carrying them out within our relationship.
Love for one another is a ray of light in the kingdom of darkness, living water in an ocean of garbage, meaning within the vanity of earthly life, and much else that the world cannot give.
Love for one another is what shows the world Whose disciples we are and draws new hearts to Jesus.
Love for one another is…
Bible Verses for Reflection
John 13:34–35; 1 Peter 1:22; Proverbs 17:17; 18:24; 1 Corinthians 13:4–8; 1 John 3:11, 23–24; 4:7–11.