I John 4:7-5:3
Dear RTB’ers,
“Love.” Each day in I John one word jumps out. Today that word is “love”. I counted 33 occurrences of the word “love” or “loved” in today’s 18 verses. And in these few verses we have a number of “memory verses”, especially I John 4:10,11,16b,18a,19. Pick one and add it to your personal memory verses.
One other item worth noting: For this is the love of God, that we keep His commandments. And His commandments are not burdensome. (v. 5:3) My Study Bible added that obedience is not difficult because we have the indwelling Holy Spirit to guide us. But also, I think one of our Avanza songs says it best. We often play a song, “The Perfect Ten”, a children’s rendition of the Ten Commandments, that makes the commandments more fun. Finally, in Godly Play (or the “Catechesis of the Good Shepherd”) the Ten Commandments are also referred to as “the ten best ways to live”. A good way to think of them! Yes, His commandments are not burdensome. Dwell on that today.
Blessings!
See also:
Really? Just “one other item worth noting”? I’m pretty sure that is not at all what you meant. Instead, I think what you meant was something like, “There is so much here that it is overwhelming! I can only manage to begin to note one other item, and I can only scratch the surface on that one!”
Love (today’s main word) covers a multitude of omissions!