Easier said then done!

 “As the Father has loved me, so have I loved you. Now remain in my love.  If you keep my commands, you will remain in my love, just as I have kept my Father’s commands and remain in his love.  I have told you this so that my joy may be in you and that your joy may be complete.  My command is this: Love each other as I have loved you.  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 15:9-17)

Easier said than done . . . have you ever heard that statement before today? Well, read the above verses from the Apostle John and reflect upon them . . . really reflect! Just within the past week, how difficult has it been to love others as Christ has loved us . . . especially when they have been so cruel and unfair?

The CHRISTian life is not easy. I remind myself over and over again. I cannot seek to get even. I cannot lash out. I cannot simply ignore. I must love as Christ loves me!

It's the only way to really bear fruit for the Kingdom! Oh how I need the Vine Dresser today!!!!