Abide in my love!

Abide In My Love!
Jesus said these words on the last night of his life before dying on the cross out of love for all believers. The Church and generations of followers have clung to these comforting words for centuries. As the decades pass by and our loved ones pass on, we all gradually begin to more fully understand the true meaning of abiding love. The world promises abiding love in many ways, but wrinkles and wisdom and God's Word teach us abiding love are only found in Jesus. The question becomes, in who or what are you seeking unending love and hope through today? 
Friends, the world promises lasting love and hope in many alluring ways. Our Savior Jesus knew in our sadness; He alone would be our joy. In our disappointments, He would be our hope. In our darkness, He would be our light. In our pain and suffering, He would be our grace. In our sickness, He would be our healing. In death, He would be our life. Jesus knew nothing would separate us from His love if we abide in him. Saint John experienced that abiding love isolated on Patmos. Saint Paul experienced it numerous times and put it like this "For I am convinced that neither death nor life, neither angels nor demons, neither the present nor the future, nor any powers, neither height nor depth, nor anything else in all creation, will be able to separate us from the love of God that is in Christ Jesus our Lord (Rom 8:38-39)." That unending love, is only available when we abide in Jesus. Thanks be to God!  
Onward and Upward!
Fr. Greg      

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