Great Blue Heron, Nisqually Wildlife Refuge, WA
Love seeks its beloved.
Love protects its beloved.
Love sacrifices for its beloved.
Love respects the freedom of its beloved .
We are Jesus’s beloved.
Let us live our lives in a manner that is worthy of such a great love.
The love that is God.
The way we came to know love was that he laid down his life for us; so we ought to lay down our lives for our brothers. If someone who has worldly means sees a brother in need and refuses him compassion, how can the love of God remain in him? Children, let us love not in word or speech but in deed and truth. - 1 John 3:16-18