John 13:34–35 (NLT) — 34 So now I am giving you a new commandment: 

Love each other. Just as I have loved you, you should love each other. 

35 Your love for one another will prove to the world that you are my disciples.”

John 13:34–35 (The Message) — 34 “Let me give you a new command: 

Love one another. In the same way I loved you, you love one another.

35 This is how everyone will recognize that you are my disciples—

when they see the love you have for each other.”

John 15:10 (NLT) — 10 ... you remain in my love, 

just as I obey my Father’s commandments and remain in his love.

John 15:10 (The Message) — 10 ... you’ll remain intimately at home in my love. 

That’s what I’ve done—kept my Father’s commands 

and made myself at home in his love.

1 John 3:2 (NRSV) — 2 Beloved, we are God’s children now; 

what we will be has not yet been revealed. 

What we do know is this: when he is revealed, we will be like him,

 for we will see him as he is.

1 John 3:2 (The Message) — 2 But friends, that’s exactly who we are: 

children of God. And that’s only the beginning. 

Who knows how we’ll end up! 

What we know is that when Christ is openly revealed, we’ll see him—

and in seeing him, become like him.

God's Love is a Great and Joyous Mystery!

He calls us with His Love!

Empowers with His Love!

Embraces us with His Love!

Because we are His - eternally.

Amen.