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         Behold, what manner of love I have toward you, in that while you were yet sinners, I died for you. Ponder this simple fact and reflect upon the depth of My love, that while you were yet sinners, while you were full of iniquity and filth, I died for you. So great is My love for you that I could see beyond your weaknesses, beyond your sins, and I could see the beauty of My creation. I gave My love for you, I gave My life for you. So is My love.
         This is My commandment, that you love one another as I have loved you; that you see beyond the weaknesses and the idiosyncrasies and those things which would put you off and frustrate you and bother you in those round about you; that you let yourself be blinded to these things, that you might instead show forth My love and understanding and compassion for one another.
         Look upon the many sacrifices and tests and battles that each one has passed through, and so shall your respect and admiration for one another grow, and you shall see one another as I see you. You shall look past the things of the flesh and see the beauty of the Spirit and the glory of the creation which I have made. In seeing this, such love shall spring up in you as you have never known, for you shall see as I see, and you shall feel as I feel, and you shall love as I love (ML #3011).



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