God so loved the world that he gave his only-begotten Son, so that
everyone who believes in him might not perish but might have eternal life. For
God did not send his Son into the world to condemn the world, but that the
world might be saved through him. Whoever believes in him will not be
condemned, but whoever does not believe has already been condemned, because he
has not believed in the name of the only-begotten Son of God.
And this is the verdict, that the light came into the world, but people
preferred darkness to light, because their works were evil. For everyone who
does wicked things hates the light and does not come toward the light, so that
his works might not be exposed. But whoever lives the truth comes to the light,
so that his works may be clearly seen as done in God.
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Reflection:
Can we measure God’s love for us? No we cannot. God loves us infinitely
that He even gave His only begotten son so that we may live. How about us can
God measure our love for Him? Of course! If God’s love for us is infinite, our
love for God is finite it has boundaries. It only extends up to a certain
point, once that point is reached our love for God starts to decline also.
But why do we limit our love for God? Why can’t we love God as He loves
us? This is for the reason that we are afraid to lose our earthly liberty for
God. To love God infinitely is to follow the teachings of God without any
preconditions.
However, the paradox of infinitely loving God is we also have to begin to
hate many of the things that this world offers us. Number one on the list that
we must hate from this world is sin. Number two is our very high regard for
ourselves for we always want to be above everyone else. We often look down on
those whom we perceive to be inferior, weak and those not in our level. These
are but a few of the things that prevent us from loving God infinitely.
Come to think of it, if God loves us infinitely then we must be prepared
to do the same. We must reciprocate God’s love for us by loving those who are difficult
to love such as those who’ve hurt us badly. Loving them means forgiving them of
the many hurts that they’ve carved in our lives.
Are we prepared to reciprocate God’s infinite love for us? – Marino J.
Dasmarinas
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Amen
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