October 7

Love with God’s love

“The love of God is shed abroad in our hearts by the Holy Ghost which is given unto us” (Rom. 5:5).
“That the love wherewith thou hast loved me may be in them, and I in them” (John 17:26).

“The love of God is shed abroad in our hearts.” It has often been understood in this sense: It means the love of God to me. Oh, what a limitation! That is only the beginning. The love of God always means the love of God in its entirety, in its fullness as an indwelling power; a love of God to me that leaps back to Him in love, and overflows to my fellowmen in love—God’s love to me, and my love to God, and my love to my fellowmen. The three are one; you cannot separate them. Do believe that the love of God can be shed abroad in your heart and mine, so that we can love all the day.

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