If ye have love one to another

John 13:35...."By this shall all men know that ye are my disciples, if ye have love one to another". A very simple, yet profound command by our Savior. I am afraid that we often overlook the importance of it and underestimate the power of it. Very few ideals have been distorted as badly as Biblical love has been, in our present day. Biblical love is not for sissy's. Biblical love is not about sensuality. Biblical love is not about spineless acceptance of all things. Biblical love is defined in I Corinthians 13. Biblical love between God's children, is an evidence of salvation to all the world around us. Today I watched a manifest token of such love between 3 brethren, that brought a tear to my eye.

After David and I finished a Bible study with Thomas and Kenyas today, David went to the car and pulled out a bag with 2 of his shirts that he brought to give to these 2 men. Now you have to understand that David is a South African and Thomas and Kenyas are from Zimbabwe. South Africans and Zimbabweans typically despise each other. David probably has less than 10 articles of clothing to his name, yet T. & K. have only one change of clothes. David has no job to buy any replacement clothes, but he saw 2 brethren with a definite need. Though he couldn't do much, he wanted to do what he could. He didn't ask me if I had an extra shirt or extra money to buy them something. He didn't ask what I thought about their need at all....he just took the initiative to give what he could to his new found brethren! It was a humbling experience to witness. Biblical love is truly only wrought in a man's heart by the power of Jesus Christ. May each one of us reassess our commitment to fulfilling God's love through us to those in need around us.