There's No Love Like...

What2Say2Day? John 15:12-15 really speaks to me about what true love is about. The passage reads ‘This is my commandment, that you love one another as I have loved you. No one has greater love than this, to lay down one’s life for one’s friends. You are my friends if you do what I command you. I do not call you servants any longer, because the servant does not know what the master is doing; but I have called you friends, because I have made known to you everything that I have heard from my Father." This passage comes during the final night Jesus is spending with his disciples. It is one of the greatest teaching moments recorded in the four Gospels (of course that's my opinion). In this "sermon" Jesus is recapping what his ministry was all about; love one another, trust in God, a life with me is not easy but will be rewarding, etc. This passage, though, is when Jesus looks each of his disciples in the eye and says, "I love you and to prove this I am going to die for you. All I ask in return is that you love others in the same way" (excuse the paraphrase). Imagine a love so strong, so unconditional that another's life is more important than yours. Imagine relationships so strong that there are no secrets, no back stabbing, no gossiping or no ulterior motives. The only thing we have to worry about in these kinds of relationships is, well, I can't think of anything to worry about in these kinds of relationships. With Advent right around the corner let's remember Jesus came into this world for one reason; to die for us and in his death show us what true love is. How amazing is that?!