Have you ever noticed that when we love someone, we want to do everything we can to make that person happy? The same is true of our relationship with our God. During one of the final conversations that Jesus had with his disciples, John tells us that he confided this truth to them: whoever knows my commandments and observes them is one who loves me (Jn 14:21).
The wonderful thing about our relationship with God is that He is always outdoing our expectations: loving us even more than we could ever love him. In response to our willingness to keep his commandments and to grow day after day in our love for him, the added bonus for us is that whoever loves Jesus will keep his word (because we want to do everything we can to please him), and my Father will love him and we will come to him and make our dwelling with him (Jn 14:23).
The Father and the Son have come and made their dwelling with us. How often have we considered the fact that they are in our midst? Perhaps with that knowledge, we will be more attentive today to the many ways he is present to us, and maybe we will begin to look at the world in a different light.
Have a great day.
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