How do we love Father? How do we love Jesus the Son? How do we love the Holy Spirit, the Helper? John says we love because He first loved us. But what happens to this love? Does it change and mature into a deep married love or does it remain a mercenary love? Do we ever go beyond loving the Beloved not for what He gives us, but simply for His sake alone? A mercenary love is always a part of our experience. We need His help always and when He gives us grace we fall on our knees and thank Him for what He has given us, this is life. But what if a husband only loved his wife when she met some kind of need? This would not be the love that would hold them together for long. But when a man and woman grow through the years and find the company alone of the other as peace and joy, this is married love. This is a love that gives for the sake of the other as other. This is where we must strive to be with our Beloved! This comes through the mystery of grace and our will, saying the same thing the Virgin Mary said to Gabriel, "Let it be done unto me according to Your will."
Jesus, my Beloved, help me to love You the way you deserve to be loved!
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