This is It

II John 1:6 says

And this is love, that we walk according to His commandments. This is the commandment, just as you have heard from the beginning,  that you should walk in it.

Love is walking in what God has commanded us to do.

Love is obeying what we heard in the beginning.

Love is walking in what we’ve heard.

A marriage that is successful is one where both parties remember their vows and they stick to them, and they walk in them.  In other words, they remember their covenant to love each other in every circumstance or situation in which they find themselves.  And then it takes both parties walking in that commitment in order to thrive together as one.

It’s no different with God.  He is always faithful, never wavering in his love for us.  It’s we who waver, doubt and quit walking.

All we have to do is go back to the beginning and reaffirm our faith and love in him, and he grabs our hand and calls us to walk beside him again…

This is love.