WE all, I think, know how sweet it is to love and to be loved in return. But the love of Jesus is the sweetest of all love. It is human love, because He is a real man; it is divine love, because He is God.
One summer evening I was alone for a few hours, and not being well, I felt lonely, and longed for someone near me that I could love. I opened a book, and the Lord Jesus spoke to my heart through what I read. He told me He was very near, and loved me, oh! so much; and I knew that I loved Him, though very little compared with His love tome.
I did not feel lonely any longer, and the rest of the time I was alone passed very quickly.
Twice we read in the Gospel of John, “The Father loveth the Son”; and Jesus says He loves us as the Father loves Him; and He wants us to love one another as He loves us.
Little children, let us love one another.
ML 12/27/1903