Love leads to a Happy Heart

This chapter addresses our love for other believers which is directly connected to our love for all other people. Part of our “doing right” is loving our brothers and sisters. Sometimes it’s our biological siblings that make that a challenge and sometimes it’s our brothers and sisters within the family of God. Verse 12 tells us not to be like Cain who killed his own brother because Abel was righteous, and Cain was evil. As we are coming up to Easter, we will be hearing a lot about Jesus’ crucifixion. That is an example of ultimate hate demonstrated as well as ultimate love personified. As we grow in our faith, we need to expect people (hopefully only non-believers) to hate us because of our growth in Jesus. We also need to guard our hearts against jealousy and other negative feelings which can lead to hate. As a family of believers, we are all on the same team. We should be cheering for each other and not condemning each other. A practical lesson I have learned over the years is to pray for my enemies. Praying for their success is not an easy thing to do but it’s what God calls us to do. Let’s cheer for each other with a happy heart!

Sincerely,

Denise R

’67/’81 Quarryville

Doris Jean H

’44 /’55 Manheim PA