Be a reflection of Jesus’ love – give love & honour each other..
Indeed loving people is difficult, yet, Jesus gave love priority over all other Christian virtues – Every thought, response, & act of goodwill must first pass through the fine filter of love, or it means nothing at all..
Love is the foundation of our lives as beings made in the image of a loving God..
Love is the reason God gave us free will so that we could choose to love God and choose to love each other..
Without free will love is impossible because we cannot choose anything..
Free will makes love possible and love makes faith possible and faith makes a future for us all possible..
So love beyond flowers and candy and cards..
Find a way to love others freely and joyously and without manipulations or expectations..
Our love for others is our grateful response to the love God first demonstrated to us. (1 John 4:19)
“Let everything you do be done in love (true love to God and man as inspired by God’s love for us)……” (1 Corinthians 16:14)
August 4
August 3, 2026
This is what the Lord says, he who made the earth, the Lord who formed it and established it—the Lord is his name: Call to me, and I will answer you and tell you