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Thursday, May 11, 2023
I can’t help taking pictures of Mount Rainier, especially at sunset. It is hard to capture the feeling in an image. The blend of color and snow paints a picture of love.
It is similar to the feeling I have when reading the words of Jesus in the Bible. Unfiltered and direct is the best way to read them and reread them. Here is a sample.
Greater love has no one than this: to lay down one’s life for one’s friends. You are my friends if you do what I command. I no longer call you servants, because a servant does not know his master’s business. Instead, I have called you friends, for everything that I learned from my Father I have made known to you. You did not choose me, but I chose you and appointed you so that you might go and bear fruit—fruit that will last—and so that whatever you ask in my name the Father will give you. This is my command: Love each other.
John 15:13-17
It is simple and big, really big. I feel like Jesus is encouraging us not to be afraid to love. I think it terrifies us sometimes. But let’s think about what Jesus wants for us.