For Jesus is still giving himself to us. He is still making something glorious out of the suffering and pain of this life. He is still enduring with us in the agony of love that waits for us to come round to his truth. Faith in this love of Jesus is what gives us the courage to go forth and love in the same way. As Paul said so succinctly, “I die daily” (I Cor. 15: 31). We have in Christ Jesus the strength to die to ourselves in love for others moment by moment, decision by decision, doing so in the sure and certain hope of resurrection to new life.
John 15: 9-18
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