'As I have loved you
As I have loved you
"A new command I give you: Love one another. As I have loved you — so you must love one another. By this all men will know that you are My disciples, if you love one another." John 13:34-35
Before we can be in the place of Christ to sorrowing, suffering, and struggling ones — we must have the love of Christ in our hearts. When Paul said, "The love of Christ constrains me," he meant that he had the very love of Christ in him —
the love that loved even the most unlovely,
the love that helped even the most unworthy,
the love that was gentle and affectionate even to the most loathsome.
We are never ready to do good in the world, in the truest sense, or in any large measure — until we have become thus filled with the very spirit of our loving Redeemer.
"Now that I, your Lord and Teacher, have washed your feet, you also should wash one another's feet. I have set you an example that you should do as I have done for you." John 13:14-15