The Perfection in Love

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Herein is our love made perfect, that we may have boldness in the day of judgment: because as he is, so are we in this world. John wants us to discover the secret of David Livingstone — that a life poured out in the labors of love for the eternal good of other people yields a sure consciousness of doing good, a deep peace of mind and a bright hope of a glorious destiny hereafter! Everything, if you could only see it clearly enough, like this, is beautiful and complete. Everything has its own perfection. ― Joan Lindsay

We come to love not by finding a perfect person, but by learning to see an imperfect person perfectly. ― Sam Keen

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The one marvelous secret of a holy life lies not in imitating Jesus, but in letting the perfections of Jesus manifest themselves in my mortal flesh. Sanctification is “Christ in you.”… Sanctification is not drawing from Jesus the power to be holy; it is drawing from Jesus the holiness that was manifested in Him, and He manifests it in me.” Oswald Chambers To sum up verse 17, we can paraphrase it like this: when you love each other with love that is more than just talk, when the love of God reaches its practical goal of action in your life, you will experience a deep and unshakable confidence before God. Much talk of love with few deeds of love destroys assurance. We’ve all experienced this from time to time. Our conscience condemns us because we think of deeds of love and don’t do them. Strong's 2851: Chastisement, punishment, torment, perhaps with the idea of deprivation. From kolazo; penal infliction. Beloved, we are God’s children now; it does not yet appear what we shall be, but we know that when he appears we shall be like him, for we shall see him as he is. And everyone who thus hopes in him purifies himself as he is pure. Did you remember your Valentine’s week? You may remember your love or the gifts but what about the place where you got this. Observation in love makes you perfect. According to me parks and gardens are made to add richness to the memories of love. They are the best place to confess your love. But it’s all the fake thing. Don’t think too much about the location or how can we call the person to such place?, will he be comfortable here? This thing doesn’t matter. What matters is that the person is comfortable with you. After all he has to spent his life with you.

But if we put our money where our mouth is, or put our time where our tongue is, then we will have a deep sense of the reality of our own faith and will feel confident for the day of judgment, because then we are acting the way Jesus acted. Perfected in Love Imperfection and perfection go so hand in hand, and our dark and our light are so intertwined, that by trying to push the darkness or the so-called negative aspects of our life to the side… we are preventing ourselves from the fullness of life ~ Jeff Bridges In 1857 when David Livingstone was home from Africa giving a challenge to the students at the University of Cambridge, he tried to convince them that a life of love in the service of others is no ultimate sacrifice. In doing so he gave a beautiful illustration of 1 John 4:17–18 (without realizing it, I suppose). He said,March on. Do not tarry. To go forward is to move toward perfection. March on, and fear not the thorns, or the sharp stones on life’s path ~ Khalil Gibran Oyin and her family are from Nigeria so not only does Henry and Oyin need to get used to married life, but also to each of their cultures. Henry is convinced Oyin's mother dislikes him and Oyin does not see that. While Oyin plans for her family to come and stay, Henry also makes plans. The more perfect a thing is, the more susceptible to good and bad treatment it is ~ Dante Alighieri I close with verse 19: “As for us, we love because he first loved us.” Our acts of love on behalf of others never cause God’s love to be initiated towards us. It is always the reverse. God loves first. Then we know and believe the love God has for us (verse 16). Trusting the love that he has for us in Jesus Christ, he abides in us and his love overflows into action and is perfected with us. And we have confidence for the day of judgment.