Thicker Than WaterSample

It can feel like loving your family is the most difficult thing on the planet! Siblings can be annoying. Parents seem unfair. Or maybe someone in your family treated you poorly, and you’re angry. Here, John tells us the reason we love isn’t because we feel like it. It isn’t even because someone deserves it.

We love because God loved us first and that reality can bring us joy when we remember we didn’t have to do anything to earn or deserve that love. We can then find it easier to love other people and give them the same love and grace Jesus gives us. When our love for others is rooted in the fact that God loves us first, our love for others has no limits. Remembering this truth can help us remember the importance of loving other people.

Today, go out of your way to love someone in your family because Jesus loves you.